‘Everybody want to be a millionaire’… Many a song have been written about the struggle to balance art and success. The great track we have for you today deals with just that. The annoyance with everyone pushing for money and ignoring what’s important. I tend to love songs like this. Pretty much any time an artist writes about feeling alienated from the world I think its a good thing.
Anyway, Sidwho?, from Australia wrote a great song here. Its VERY live sounding, but clearly comes from an electronic production background. Its pretty much exactly what we’re all about here at Binary. Take note of how much the live bass drives this track.
Icy synth lines decorate a dark palate laid down by the aforementioned live bass. Heavily reverbed vocals round out the mix, giving the whole track a distant, melancholy, sad vibe. It sets the tone perfectly for the lyrical content. The song itself seems to be about feeling misunderstood, and not knowing how he should feel about success or money.
On one hand there’s the feeling that money grubbing normal people are to be despised. And on the other… well EVERYBODY wants to be a millionaire, and that includes him. Who doesn’t want to live the lavish lifestyle?
Either way this track is full of contradiction, emotion, and loneliness. Its pretty much everything I look for in a song. Its been on repeat in my car this week, and I’m excited to hear more from this guy in the future. Go Sidwho?!
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