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"Blue Eyes"- performed by Bratboy.

* Guitar/Vox: Bella Bébê.
* Bass/Vox: Megan-Magdalena
* Drums: Tony Dallas

* Music & Lyrics: Bella Bébê.
* Engineering & Mixing: Jordan Koop @ The Noise Floor, Gabriola Island,
* Additional Hand Claps: Bratboy, Nathaniel Epp & Keeley Rochon.
* Mastering: Tony Dallas
* Photography: Cody Briggs & Desiré Olexy

© & ℗ 2021 Bratboy.

Blue Eyes

This song is called CROWNS. I can’t remember when I wrote it but it initially started as a simple piano ballad. I wrote this as a reflection on the phenomenon and influence of so called black people, generations and the world over: “from thrones to slums, we’ve seen it all”. once Andrew and I started to work together on some music, I decided to sort through my hard drive in search of inspiration in some sketch ideas I had been carrying around for years. I chose CROWNS at the time because lyrically it still felt relevant to me. As we worked through it though, there was another sensation announcing itself, which gave way to the second part of the song. a simultaneous implosion and explosion inspired by Georgia Anne Muldrow’s song ‘New Orleans’. The final work feels like an appraisal of how dissonant all of life ultimately is. We hope you enjoy listening. 

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