truly magnificent production, 7 years on and this has aged so so well. Played this as a closer at one of my favourite sets and it absolutely went off. Thanks for the bangers always xx

I will always come back to this. It changed me.

janet

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The philosophy behind Giants and Angels revolves around the tension between inner imagination and outer reality, blending themes of existential longing, emotional refuge, and the metaphysical interplay of forces (giants and angels) that govern the inner world.

Here’s a breakdown of the deeper philosophical messages embedded in the lyrics:

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🧠 1. The Imaginative World vs. Real Life
The song constructs a personal realm of imagination as both a shelter and a battlefield:
"Lost in a world of my own designs..."
"Giants and angels roam in my creation..."

This speaks to the philosophical idealism of thinkers like Plato or Berkeley, who argue that reality is shaped or even created by the mind. The narrator lives in a mental space rich with symbols—giants (struggles, fears, aspirations) and angels (hope, grace, love).

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🌳 2. Nature as Spiritual Portal
References to the baobab tree, whispers of wind, and the riverside point to pantheistic or animist ideas: that nature is alive, sacred, and communicative. The baobab, in African culture, often represents wisdom, community, and ancestral presence.

"Beneath the baobab tree I keep dreaming of you..."
"Is it in whispers of wind, by the riverside?"
Here, the natural world becomes a spiritual threshold, where memory, imagination, and desire converge.

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❤️ 3. Love as Metaphysical Quest
The repeated longing for a love that is "so real" reveals a Platonic yearning—not just for romance, but for a transcendent, healing union.
"I'm yearning for a love that feels so real..."
"In this sanctuary, let passion heal."

This search is more than romantic—it's ontological. The narrator seeks wholeness, the kind of completion only found in a metaphysical or divine connection.

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🔮 4. Giants and Angels as Internal Archetypes
The titular "giants and angels" serve as Jungian archetypes—personifications of the forces within us. Giants represent our internal conflicts, doubts, ambitions, while angels stand for our moral compass, inspirations, and the divine within.

They "roam" the inner world, suggesting that our emotional lives are populated by spiritual metaphors, constantly shifting and influencing our sense of self and direction.

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Original lyrics by Aime Pandi Bapaga

Giants and Angels (Pidgin Version)

I dey lost for world wey I don create,
Waka street, dey find wetin go elevate.
Crowd dey jolly, but my step dey slow,
Each move na pray make chance just show.
Under baobab tree, where dream dey fly,
Your soft whisper dey call me for night sky.
Na there our love dey burn like light,
Inside my mind, e dey shine so bright.

Giants and angels dey roam my head,
But I want small place make I lay my bed.
Dey find peace for seed wey I don sow,
For dis dream land where hope dey grow.

Oh, for my imagination, where you dey hide?
Na for wind wey dey blow near riverside?
I dey yearn for love wey strong and real,
For dis my heaven, make passion heal.
Heal, heal me!
Heal, heal me!
Heal, heal me!
Heal, heal me eh, eh, eh, oh!

If you hold my hand, we go waka go far,
Go where dream and reality dey spar.
For dis world of play, truth go show,
Inside timeless space, our love go grow.
(Pre-Chorus)
Giants and angels dey roam my head,
But I want small place make I lay my bed.
Dey find peace for seed wey I don sow,
For dis dream land where hope dey grow.

Oh, for my imagination, where you dey hide?
Na for wind wey dey blow near riverside?
I dey yearn for love wey strong and real,
For dis my heaven, make passion heal.
Heal, heal me!
Heal, heal me!
Heal, heal me!
Heal, heal me eh, eh, eh, oh!

So, why we no go (why we no go),
That holy ground where love fit grow?
Na the end or start of somethin’ new,
So, why we no go, just me and you?
Why we no go, where nobody sabi too?

2025 YYMG



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Cook: I don't think either of us have a strict 'process' when it comes to working on music,  but do you remember any key decisions that influenced the direction of this remix?

EASYFUN: Only that I thought it would be fun to try and make a drop that doesn't start on the downbeat.

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Cook: Is Stravinsky the best composer of all time?

EASYFUN: That's a leading question. Yes Alex, I like his music but sadly he didn't write any pop and that's my favourite kind of music. I'm sure if he had it would have been great.

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Cook: How do you feel about Spotify?

EASYFUN: Love it. Particularly New Music Friday, helps me stay on top of things and hear tomorrow's hits before anyone else.

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Cook : What's ur fave Janet song and why?

EASYFUN: 'Love Will Never Do (Without You)' from Rhythm Nation. I really like how the final chorus loops weirdly.

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Cook: What's ur fave Jam & Lewis production and why?

EASYFUN: I think it has to be 'If It Isn't Love' by New Edition. My gateway one!

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