Track of the Week | SIIGHTS ft. JyellowL | Blue Skies

"I want to be more accomplished...I wanna be like you, I wanna have a big IQ and have a kid like who would want to fill my shoes, you always pushed me to know more than what I think I do"

When young Dublin rapper JyellowL crossed paths with Scottish/Irish electro-pop duo SIIGHTS all the ingredients for a heartbroken banger were in place. Still, it takes real skill to tie it all together and on 'Blue Skies', something clicks. The lead single from SIIGHTS debut EP already carried the emotional weight of a personal loss, before JyellowL (born Jean-Luc Uddoh) laid down his verses for the remix, as SIIGHTS explain:

“We reached out to JyellowL and having him involved has been amazing. He’s so talented, we love what he brought to the track and the personal perspective he shared lyrically. This song means a lot to us and was hard to write. We have both lost people close to us and it’s something that stays with you forever.”

What we're left with is a track of sharp pop nous, and emotional turmoil; led primarily by the Irish rapper's hold-steady rhythms and clarity behind the microphone. JyellowL has a habit of making the intangible, tangible and the personal, universal. Verbiage and rhetoric are cast aside in favour of simplicity, a mindset that once turned Mike Skinner into a household name.

Whether tackling the financial crisis of 2008, racial abuse, or the loss of a loved one, his is a voice of increasing importance in a world crying out for a straightforward message.

Taylor Johnson

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