Getting back to the roots of great music, the kind that we listen to in full – a song that moves us, in the quiet of solitude, in the depths of our own minds; not the sort that needs us to simply repost a short clip and hope for virality.
Brandonrxse has long-since presented as an artist with a genuine love for music. That’s something you can’t fake, something that needs to happen because life is unfulfilling without at least trying to create or express something genuine.
No AI, no collaboration needed, just a nostalgic late-night DnB drumline and an RnB to trap-style vocal flow; a catchy tune with intimate, soulful refrains – confrontational then romantic, uncertain but confident.
Rather U Lie is all of this, an old-school trip hop backdrop surrounding you with that yesteryear rave aura of muggy compression, echoing kick drums and reverb-soaked spacious envelopment.
The lo-fi bass and beat combo is dreamy and ethereal, even dropping the tempo quite intensely during the final fifth – a moment to slow down, to fall into the hazy hypnotic layers of the groove, the nostalgia, the sentiments presented by the song, and the result is beautifully in tune with what this story and moment hoped to capture.
Brandonrxse takes a moment, an experience and a feeling, and pulls it under the microscope – letting us feel both involved and completely separated from this fast-paced but equally mellow call for connection and some kind of closure or clarity.
“I sent a text with the time and place
I sent the car so you won’t be late
I know you’re out here chasing fame
I’ve just been out here chasing pain.”
