- 2023-05-16
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MUSIC
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Mike Rogers Releases New Song “Live Out Loud”
Amsterdam-based electro-music trio Mike Rogers released a new song “Live Out Loud” along with a music video on May 5, 2023.
The song is taken from their upcoming debut album of the same name, following “Hope” released back in march.
It was written by Michiel Thomassen, Micha de Jonge, Roger van der Zwan, and Christon Kloosterboer. Produced by Roger van der Zwan, Christon Kloosterboer.
The track is about the current situation where social media and A.I. are increasingly taking over our lives.
The band said of the song, “The song was written during a period where, we felt, far sides of the political spectrum were very present. We wanted to motivate the group known as the silent middle to stand up for their (slightly more nuanced) thoughts/visions/ideas.”
The trio continuee, “We also wanted to seek overlap in standing up for your idea and being outgoing whilst losing oneself in the moment. We all have to live out loud more. If you don't live life fully, you don't live life at all. You have to live it out loud to make sense of it, because otherwise 'you'll never know what it's all about.' And if you know what it's all about, you have to fight for it.”- The accompanying music video was directed by Rens Polman.
The band said of the video, “ Reality is slowly being lost and we mainly experience happiness in the digital world. As a result of A.I. and social media, reality is becoming increasingly fused. However, we are experiencing it more and more as reality and getting further immersed in it. We are losing control over what it truly means to 'really' experience something. The digital world acts as a shot of dopamine.”
They continued, “With the music video, we are demonstrating how people are literally being swallowed up by a fantasy world. A world that makes our brains happy. A world where we can experience everything we could possibly want. It is limitless. However, this is contrasted with the fact that we often forget about our own real lives. The life where we can truly experience things.” -
Photo by Kirsten Busman - source : Apple Music
