James Bay thesinger, James Bay thesongwriter, and James Bay theperson. It’s the artist at his most authentic and unfiltered, coming home to himself by doing what hewantsto do and making the music he wants to make, more or less without an audience ...
This first one grabbed me, for sure – particularly the video, which is disconcerting and not in a comfortable way. I love the insistence in the vocals, and the gradual breakdown and build-up throughout the song. I ain’t sure if the lyrics are telling me what lyrics do, but the vagu...
find love and blaze their own paths as he, their proud father, stood by, happy for their freedom and wistful about them having to leave him to earn it. Then, I interpreted “Wake Up Time,” the original closing track, as a
I am edging onto 47 years old, and I have retained the dignity to make my own decisions about my body for all these years. I once believed that my country and government had my back, at least on this very important issue of privacy of my own body and decisions around it. Now, I h...
Little Secret will be an electronic pop album with catchy hooks, experimental electronics, dance beats, jazz chords, dark electronic sounds and rhythm changes that keep you on your toes, rich soundscapes, vocal effects and manipulation, and poetic lyrics. The final recording has not yet been comp...