- 2021-06-22
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MUSIC
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Felix Cartal Releases New Song “The Life” featuring Fjord
Canadian DJ Felix Cartal will releases his upcoming fourth studio album “Expensive Sounds For Nice People” this Friday (June 25th) via Physical Presents.
From the album, he unveiled the last promotional single “The Life” on June 18th.
This time, he recruited Quebec-based duo Fjord on the track.
It was written by Taelor Deitcher, Iselin Solheim, Kris Chaka Toemmerbakke and Erik Smaaland.
Felix Cartal said, “'The Life' bounces along on a sunshine vibe and grin-inducing breakdown. But analyze the lyrics, and things aren't quite what they seem. Its pivotal line – 'I used to believe that life was just a breeze/But the highs and low set me free' – is a commentary on the superficiality of social media. If people also share life's 'misses' once in a while, I feel like we'd all have a better shot at living confidently.”
Fjord said, “When we received the demo from Felix, it was an instant crush! We knew we were about to have loads of fun working on this tune. The songwriting was refreshing, and the production was already mind-blowing.”- Felix Cartal explained, “'The Life' was one of the first instrumentals I wrote for my album, 'Expensive Sounds For Nice People.' I'm obsessive with vocal chops and will spend days getting them to feel as emotive as a vocal. Once I started writing the lyrics in Oslo with Iselin, Erik, and Kris, we reverse-engineered some of the vowel sounds because one of them sounded like the word 'The Life.' I loved the grandiosity of that concept, but I wanted to make it feel honest and authentic. And I think over the years, with the increase in social media, we're often guilty of viewing others' highlight reels as the only way to be happy, but letting go of that perception will give you much greater peace of mind. Hardships are inevitable, things aren't always fair, and we need to just learn from them and push through. That's what the line 'the highs and lows woke me up' symbolizes. Fjord's vocals on this track really took it to this unique place that gives the song a hopeful melodrama, and I'm so happy to collaborate with them again after the beautiful performance they did on my rework of 'Get What You Give' from 2017.”
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photo by Trevor Brady - source : Spotify
