• NovaPrime@lemmy.ml
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    4 months ago

    The video visuals were phenomenal. Great callbacks to 70s psychadelia pop and 80s synth pop visuals. The standout for me though was the inclusion of the brass instruments. Absolutely fantastic way to punch up the energy in the song, especially the hook where her voice is blended with the brass in the background and you can’t tell if it’s her making the sounds or the instruments

    • AJ Sadauskas@aus.socialOP
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      4 months ago

      @NovaPrime @popheads There’s some more details about Alessia Cara’s forthcoming album in an interview she recently did with People Magazine.

      It will lean into her '50s and '60s soul influences. Also, a guest appearance from John Mayer on one of the tracks:

      "On Friday, July 19, Cara released “Dead Man,” the lead single to her soon-to-come fourth studio album with production from Mike Elizondo. It’s a song she describes as a “jam” with a jazzy touch, an in-your-face horn section and the feeling of “all the music that I loved growing up.” There’s splashes of her favorite material from the ‘50s and ‘60s, a “little bit” of 2000s, and it of course features Cara’s distinct , always-commanding vocals.

      …

      " The album itself, which Cara has yet to reveal the title of, is set to arrive in the fall. She says it’s not a jazz album by any means, but rather “feels like a collection of all the things that I love." And she loves a lot of music. Over the last few years, she’s tapped into some music from the ‘60s and ‘70s, African funk, bossa nova, and primarily what she described as material created in “eras before my time” — the Lijadu Sisters, Billy Joel and some old Red Hot Chili Peppers records.

      "Recorded between late 2021 and the top of 2024, Cara’s new album process started “very slow,” when she was ‘in a little bit of a rut lyrically and conceptually’.

      "‘I wrongfully felt like I said everything that I needed to say, and I was just stuck on what to say. I was actually in a good place, and I don’t really tend to write well when I’m in a good place because you don’t really need to vent when you’re happy, I guess. So I was like, ‘What do I do? I’ve never been a writer from this perspective.’ So I had to readjust my mindset and readjust the way that I approached songwriting, which is kind of a fun exercise and a fun challenge because you have to, I don’t know, put yourself in a different position or exercise a different muscle that you don’t typically exercise,’ she says.

      …

      “During one song in particular that’s yet to be released, Cara features a minute-long John Mayer guitar solo, something she calls ‘one of the coolest things I’ve been able to make happen in my life.’”

      https://people.com/alessia-cara-interview-dead-man-single-exclusive-8680099