Kojo Kay’s debut single, “The Boyz All Went To Jupiter” is an immersive descent right into a sonic world so rigorously constructed, it feels extra like a spot you’ve abruptly discovered your self in.
The lead single from his self-produced debut mixtape, TONEBOW. And after pausing music from 2022, Kojo Kay returns with one thing that justifies each second of that silence.
The central hook, “The boys all went to Jupiter / and all of us got here again stupider”, comes throughout as playful wordplay.
Nonetheless, pay attention deeper, and it morphs into one thing extra. A circle of pals, a shared expertise, unhealthy selections made collectively, and the realisation that progress isn’t computerized. You possibly can journey far and nonetheless come again precisely who you had been.
The supply escalates issues additional with the refrain: “You (can or can’t?) blame it on me”. A line Kojo refuses to resolve, leaving the listener suspended between accountability and deflection.
“I’m sorry for all the silly lil sh— that I do / However you, you not sorry I swear ’trigger you’re doing it too”. That’s the crux of it. Two folks caught in the identical cycle, conscious of it, unable or unwilling to cease.
The closing contradiction, “That’s not me / that’s on me”, lands like probably the most sincere factor anybody has stated about self-awareness in current reminiscence. We all know. And we nonetheless do it anyway.
Kojo Kay described his ideas solely to Neon Music: “With this track like a ton of my upcoming songs I’m actually simply feeling and therapeutic whereas additionally pushing my inventive boundaries, not solely is it therapeutic however I’ve some pals that joke that the unpredictability and innovation within the scene proper now and in my upcoming tape is conserving people in and AI out of music. Hahaha, actually I’m all for it.”
Constructed fully by Kojo Kay himself and refined with Juno Award-winning engineer Jamie Kuse, the manufacturing on “The Boyz All Went To Jupiter” is its personal argument.
The soundscape is lush and layered, dreamy, and atmospheric with out dropping its essence.
“The Boyz All Went To Jupiter” is an fascinating debut single and we stay up for whats subsequent in retailer.
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