I AM a song of self-awareness, self- assurance and self-love- but not self-consciousness.
With the wholeness and authority of my being, I allow myself where others don’t.
I AM more than a spectator, observing the manifestations in my mind.
The visuals behind your eyes don’t always translate into what is in front of them.
Raise your consciousness above the smoke that fogs your vision.
Or stare until you burn holes through your eye lids.
I AM not here to spectate on the spectators watching me.
Reach out and retrace the strokes you wrote a long time ago-
the characters of your name that they can’t read.
I AM a song of affirmations, visualisation and the power that you thought they took.
Take your eyes and divide them amongst everyone.
Take your heart and place bite sized pieces into the spaces between these words.
lyrics
travel sickness when i move lightly
__________________________________
Through asian features you might find me,
an immigrant travelling lightly over dark water while your world sleeps.
My world beeps all night with
yellow kakaotalk alerts yellow nicotine stains yellow names with curvy white pronunciations.
lights reflect onto my flat uncarved bones as I watch the same shades colour code themselves
#FFFF00
#FFFF0B
i've been here the longest.
raised to articulate in one tongue and speculate in the other
i know 오빠 doesn't translate to brother,
the real meaning lies in the gap between your ages and the power.
i know smoking in neon lit bars and binge drinking overpriced green bottles doesn't translate to my mother,
but the culture is one I am a part of.
Hazy interactions in broken conversations,
I’m asking "Do you speak english?" like a foreigner
I roll under rigid shapes of my language
and grasp for the roots of my other
in my movement between the spaces of the places that replace a home,
I never settle in one.
as my world spins nightly,
the sun in yours is burning brightly.
I have travel sickness though i move lightly.
credits
from Vacasian EP,
released October 23, 2017
Produced by Carl Ruwhiu
Written by Yery Cho
Vocals recorded by, and additional vocals by Carlos Barnett
Mastered by Carlos Barnett
This was the first album I ever listened to as a teenager, and it remains as impressive as I remember it being. I really can't recommend it enough, especially if you're into experimental spacey jazzy hip hop. asherarataki
A lush, soulful, dreamy electro-pop banger, new from the Melbourne group who will release their long-overdue debut LP this year. Bandcamp New & Notable Jul 11, 2018
