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Is That Too Deep?

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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.

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Heart to Heart - Single

Heart to Heart

Heart To Heart

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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).

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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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