Why all the pressure to keep looking perfectly balanced? Veritably none of us are, but we also know, all too well, that sharing a bit too much of what we’re going through will end up with us sitting alone.
L.A. singer/writer/producer frogi takes on this very same universal absurdity via her latest single, “Fake It”. She says:
“I wanted to convey the sadness of something ending, but also the beauty of a new beginning. My husband (VAAAL) is actually playing live drums on it, as well as acoustic guitar that I recorded on a voice memo on my phone. I like the realness I captured and the raw room sounds. The song is about growing up in a place where you don’t fit in, and not compromising your uniqueness just to conform. I think it’s an interesting concept, and I often wonder how much of ourselves we hide just to feel a part of.”
Seemingly just having exposed perhaps a bit too much of herself for a standard listening audience, she quietly sings, “Stay here, I’ll go home without you / You have way more friends than I do.”
So long as we’re being honest, it’s something we can all relate to, whether from actual experience of bearing a bit too much of our soul – or simply from having repressed the very same at a time when it hurt to do so.
We could all use a bit more of that honesty. It’s no small thing that frogi is offering us a bit of it. Check “Fake It” out below or on streaming platforms.
