05/31/2020 11:48:56 PM
Gentle Bones returns with another captivating duet.
The song titled "Shouldn't Have To Run" features Singapore’s melodic sweetheart, Joie Tan.
Written by Gentle Bones and Fulses, one-third of RnB band brb., the song explores the wistful relationship of two lovers whose stars are struggling to align.
“When Joie came on board to finish the song up with us, it became this beautiful duet that we knew we had to get out to the world.,” says Gentle Bones.
“Joel and Fulses are both amazing artists I was thrilled to work with and I'm so happy with how the song turned out,” Joie adds.
Having discovered each other in the YouTube stratosphere for almost 10 years ago, this collaboration makes perfect sense when listening to the track. Gentle Bones and Joie Tan’s dulcet tones combined with the beat’s futuristic vibes transports listeners into a fantastic and curious dimension; whilst detailing the efforts of someone trying to reach out to his lover, but to no avail.
Enveloped in a mellow but brilliant harpsichord, Shouldn’t Have To Run imbues a vision of lilac skies and space-age aesthetic. Each chorus is preceded by the signature rising ‘boop’ of a message sent, drawing parallels with the current situation in the world right now, where many people are unable to physically meet their loved ones and have to rely even more now on virtual platforms.
The song’s electronic influences intersperse nicely with a lush, vintage sound, which Bones elaborates further saying, “We intended for it to be a jazz-pop piece that was reminiscent of and influenced by a time in pop music where Corrine Bailey Rae and Norah Jones were favorites of the audiences.”
“It's definitely one of my favorite collaborations to date,” says Joie. The track encapsulates a polarity of foreboding and longing captured in an intimate but all too familiar distant setting (the expressing of emotions through the phone) with its hopeful dream-pop synths.
Joel Tan, also known through his stage name Gentle Bones, is one of the city-state’s top English-spoken Singapore-based artists who has made waves across the globe. Since his #1 self-titled debut EP “Gentle Bones” in 2014, the 25-year-old singer-songwriter who also becomes the first act to be signed under Universal Music Group now has three albums under his belt and has taken his music to fans across Asia with live performances, selling out solo concerts and playing festivals across South Korea, London, Hong Kong, Indonesia, and Malaysia.
Joie Tan once immersed into the scene in 2008 with her covers on YouTube, and her works have received a tremendously positive reception, thanks to her vocally-heavy takes on popular songs that lured her from her own bedroom to the stages of Singapore, New York, London, and Australia. Her debut album (released 2018), Joie features 10 self-written tracks and is available for streaming on all major platforms, and her signature style in vocals lured her endorsements from the likes of chart-topping producers Avicii in his podcast and Kygo in billboard playlists & his Tomorrowland set in 2014.
Author: slickmaster | © 2020 The SlickMaster's Files
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