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Bandcamp: https://bit.ly/39gfoTu

Is That Too Deep?

Watch the music video: https://youtu.be/YBfy4EL42a4
Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/mz3w6fff
Apple Music: https://tinyurl.com/m6czsevp
Bandcamp: https://ytheghost.bandcamp.com/track/heart-to-heart
Website: https://ytheghost.com/

After being discovered by and invited to join the "Beyond Music" project co-founded by Tina Turner in early 2021 – and then winning an award for one of the two joint collaborations he took part in with musicians from around the globe the same year – Jacoby Elliott now returns to Y the Ghost (his solo music project) with a new single and music video entitled “Heart to Heart.”

Says Elliott, “It’s about the desire for authentic, loving communication in a relationship on the brink of disintegrating. What started as a song about a relationship with one person evolved into a song that's more broadly about my relationship with the world as well as the relationship between internal parts of me that had become estranged from each other.”

Sonic elements in the production (also undertaken by Elliott) evoke feelings of isolation, artifice, and longing in the form of etheric vocoders and the utilization of negative space within the dynamics by leaving room for quiet, meditative stillness in between methodically placed rhythmic percussion and drums inspired by 80s/90s Pop and R&B. Vocals are very much at the forefront with melodies and lyrics being the driving forces of the song.

Full Press Release:
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Heart to Heart - Single

Heart to Heart

Heart To Heart

Watch the lyric video: https://youtu.be/vf3uNmqm7LU
Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/5chddsb7
Apple Music: https://tinyurl.com/bdhjas69
Bandcamp: https://tinyurl.com/2p9ejsea

Artists Involved:
Jacoby Elliott / Y the Ghost -- USA
(vocals, lyrics, composition, production)
Elisa Giannina van den Berg -- Italy/Netherlands
(vocals, guitar)
Kate Northrop -- Switzerland
(harp)

About the Song:
Many of us are stuck in our own heads, isolated from the truth about others and the earth that supports us. We see an idea of someone instead of who they are in this moment and who they could become. We fail to see the universality of what our own symbols mean and get lost in specificity. "Find Us" is a call to humanity to believe in a better way when conflict arises. Not to bypass our world's problems, but to approach them from a heart-centered place -- a place beyond ancient walls, tired stories from the past, and endless wars. Meet us there.

Beyond Music is a global music initiative created by Tina Turner, Regula Curti, and Konstanze Weidemann which aims to “collaborate and jointly develop innovative pieces of music across cultures and genres.” Each year artists on the platform from around the world work together on an album project revolving around a certain theme -- in 2021 the theme being conflict.

"Find Us" was honored with an award from Beyond. The organization had this to say in the announcement of the 2021 winners: "Jacoby, Kate and Elisa have created a song that could not have better expressed the essence of Beyond Music. ‘Find us, beyond heavy weapons, meet us there, we'll be waiting’ Jacoby sings over a slowly rising wave of synthesizers, while Kate tenderly plucks her harp. Beyond - that's where we want to transport the listener with Beyond Music. Beyond isolation and exclusion, where music ultimately unfolds its power of unification. This place is Beyond Music, and ‘Find Us (Beyond)’ soundtracks this notion magnificently” (Regula Curti, Founder & Konstanze Wiedemann, CEO Beyond Music).

http://beyondmusic.org
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Find Us (Beyond)

Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/6277xp5e
Apple Music: https://tinyurl.com/muvvrvfa
Bandcamp: https://tinyurl.com/2p9ejsea

Artists Involved:
Elisa Giannina van den Berg -- Italy/Netherlands
(vocals, guitar, lyrics, composition)
Jacoby Elliott / Y the Ghost -- USA
(vocals, production)
Kate Northrop -- Switzerland
(harp)
Sandro Friedrich -- Switzerland
(flute)
amaFranx -- South Africa
(bass guitar)

About the Song:
We have too many walls, both physical and psychological, that are coming between us in this amazing, miraculous world. When we look more closely at them, we discover that they are built with fear: fear of the differences between us, fear of being separate, fear of not being accepted and connected to others. When we open up the conversation and talk about it, the fear melts like ice in the sun, and we can be together again.

Beyond Music is a global music initiative created by Tina Turner, Regula Curti, and Konstanze Weidemann which aims to “collaborate and jointly develop innovative pieces of music across cultures and genres.” Each year artists on the platform from around the world work together on an album project revolving around a certain theme -- in 2021 the theme being conflict.

http://beyondmusic.org
http://ytheghost.com

Walls

watch the video: https://youtu.be/T5Jbqj-YD1w

I ran around this city 
I ran around this city lost 
You wanted something from me 
You wanted something I ain't got 
That I ain't got 

I wasn't scared of the dark 
I wasn't scared of the unknown 
So now I'm singing alone out in the rain 
With no place to go 

Most might just run home 
But that's not me 
I find my dreams a much safer place to be 

I ran around this city 
I ran around this city drunk 
I just don't know what I want 
I'll chase the sun until I lose my shadow 

Tell me, baby 
Where have you gone 
Can U Hear Me? 
My lonely song

Can U Hear Me?

Spotify

Is Anybody Out There?

watch the video: https://youtu.be/hDRPUajgvbs

Are you listening? 
When I'm singin' in the dark 
(In the dark) 
Hello 

I hear whispering 
But I don't know who you are 
Do these words touch your heart? 
Hello 

If you're there, just give me a sign 
Don't be scared, you've got nothing to hide 
I'll be here, just waiting on the other side 
Can U Hear Me? 

I'm hearing these melodies 
Echo up from below 
(From below) 
Don't go 

Tell me you love me 
And all the graceless things I do 
Because I'm lost without you 
Don't go 

Don't materialize and then fade away 
I want you to come; I want you to stay 
With me 
Just give me your hand, I'm gonna set you free 
Can U Hear Me?

It's 3am, I've waited for the night 
Been getting too much sun 
Not enough light 

I recognize the breezes when I've lost my way 
And when I listen close 
I hear them say . . . 

They say my name; they say it soft 
'Cause they're the only ones who know 

When it gets late 
I can manipulate the light 
Meet me at the gate 
And then follow me inside 

'Cause it's, time to go 
Into the night 
(Into the dark) 

I hear the time tick by too soon 
But I feel pulled into the moon 

This city has become 
A reflection of my heart 
Glowing as it pumps 
Seeking electrical recharge 

Paddles to my chest 
Shock me 'til I wake 
Oh it's, time to go 
Into the night 
(Into the dark) 

(When) I don't feel right 
(Will) you be there, or will 
(I) just reach out to 
(Find) nothing there, because 
(Home) doesn't feel right 
(In) dead of night, hoping 
(The) robins come in the 
(Dark) bearing light, someday

DARK

Stayin' alive, I'm not sinking 
Stayin' alive, I'm not sinking 
Into this world (this world) 

Waking up in a fantasy 
Think I found my heart; now I'm losing my mind 
Stripping off a reality, that ain't mine 
That ain't mine (ain't mine) 

Lock myself in the fantasy 
And I lock the door, and I lower the blinds 
Only eyes I allow to see 
Are in the walls (in the walls) 

I don't really care if you've got eyes to see 
A lie from the heart's more honest to me 
Just forget the truth and I'll set you free 
In the fantasy 

Sends me a light when I can't see a thing 
Holds me upright when I'm trying to sing, but I can't 
Love is dangerous 
When it's something you make for yourself out of dust 
I'm screaming, so listen up 
Throw the truth away, make your own story up 
Not sinking into the quicksand ground 
I'm stayin' alive, turn it upside down 

(R.I.P. Narcissus 
The reflection f***** him hard 
And drowned him with a kiss) 
Yep! True story 
And it was so hot 
Fall in love yourself when you're all that you've got 

(Lonely ghost on a Friday evening 
All on his own and he's still f***ing lying) 
I don't really care if you've got eyes to see 
A lie from the heart's more honest to me

Fantasy

How do you want me? 
I'll be your Hologram 
Twist and distort me 
Make me your fantasy man 
(La la La la la la) 

I'll rip your heart out with my own bare teeth 
(Hologram) 
Or love you soft 'til you fall into me 
(Hologram) 
Or spin your head 'til reality don't make sense 

Hologram 

What's your fantasy? 
I'm like a Hologram 
I can be holy 
Unless you're feeling wicked 

Listen close 
As the vibe flows from your head to your bones 
Follow my voice as I follow your desires 
Into the unknown 

Now move 
(Rock back) 
(Sync to the music and the drum smack) 
(Like that)

Hologram

Interlude

Take a breath 
And listen close 
Find your pulse 
Is it beating much too slow? 

Align to wake 
You sleep too long 
No time to wait on your eyes 
To open on their own 

And so many days 
Have come and gone 
But it's not too late 
To turn the Hourglass around 

Oh, little ghost 
It's time to go 
The wind still calls 
Don't wait too long 

A storm's ahead 
But don't grow numb 
Don't ever forget 
To keep away from neutral zones 

Keep your highs up high 
Your lows down low 
Until you feel them in your bones 

Are you ever gonna sing again 
Show your real face again 
Take up aerial space again 
Take your light for a spin 
Leave your voice echoing 

Are you ever gonna find your home 
When you gonna take control 
Are you losing your soul 
Are you gonna find it 
Are you ever gonna find it 

Before it's gone 

Don't let go

Hourglass

City Lost / Prelude 2 A Wish

Prologue

Jacoby Elliott is an award-winning singer, songwriter, producer, composer, filmmaker, and storyteller. In 2021 he was invited to join the Switzerland-based “Beyond Music” project (co-founded by Tina Turner), submitting two joint collaborations for the platform's yearly album project — one of them winning an award that same year. His music videos for "Is That Too Deep?" “Hologram” and “Is Anybody Out There?” were selected and screened at Short Circuit Film Festival in Colorado.

"Since Y the Ghost's enigmatic debut in 2015 with the simultaneously world-weary and uplifting song 'Is Anybody Out There?' pop soloist Jacoby Elliott has been on a daring quest to find love and immortality. Channeling influences varying from '80s pop to dramatic film scores, [his music] is an emotional roller-coaster ride from glittering start to smoky finish, traveling through each layer of his psyche along the way. Describing itself as 'gritty supernatural pop', Y the Ghost harnesses both visual and sonic elements in a heartfelt attempt to bring genuine passion and depth to the often hollow world of Pop music -- all of this while exploring abstract themes centered around identity, persona, and emotion." - VENTS MAGAZINE

"The synth dynamo reveals signs of his spirit as he channels deep, primitive emotions creating a cinematic score for a story that innocently draws from childhood magic while curiously hinting at the dark and supernatural .. a pleasurable piece of work showing many sides to the man behind the music. It is a very passionate and self-expressive work of art composed with devotion and impressionism." - IMPOSE MAGAZINE

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