Bobbi Lu releases debut album ‘Arrow, Four’

<pfseg id="0">Bobbi Lu iku jeneng Lucy Ryan, lahir lan dibesarkan ing Oxfordshire ing Inggris, saiki urip ing Bruges sawise ngejar cinta sawetara taun sadurunge.

Gunakake inspirasi saka aksara kayata Radiohead, FKA Twigs, Jockstrap lan Saya Grey, Bobbi Lu nggabungake melodi piano karo basa krunchy, elektronik lan sampel, ngumpulake ing suara dystopian lan misterius. Nalika Ryan miwiti gigging, dheweke kanthi cepet njaluk perhatian lan ngliwati saka mbantu aksara kayata The Haunted Youth lan Sylvie Kreusch kanggo muter acara headline dhewe lan festival ngluwihi kayata The Great Escape (UK). Singel kayata Metwhapore lan Vacuum dadi banget ing stasiun radio ing Belgia, Belanda, Perancis lan Inggris, njaluk ulasan favourable lan resepsi enthusiastic saka audiences.

‘Arrow, Four’ is a collection of ten songs, written over the course of a few years, the process of each one completely different. “I guess the individual tracks have their own story, but in my head each story is just a symptom of a bigger theme, mostly inspired by the book Future Shock by Alvin Toffler. In it he talks about people’s ability to adapt having essentially a limit, and with growth accelerating could we be overloaded and experience a 'future shock'. And maybe that’s already happening, most notably in the form of mental health struggles.”

“It made me think of how progression creates new challenges, an arrow going one way is pulled back by another in the opposite direction. I feel like it’s a topic more relevant than ever, especially with AI most recently. I think I use this topic to fuel my lyrics mainly as a way of forgiving myself and others, in those moments where we struggle and make mistakes, that we're all just doing our best in trying to keep up with a rapidly changing environment.”

This is also reflected in the artwork by Maarten Derous. “It ties everything together. He came to me after listening to it and said something that came out for him was fragility, which at the time I completely did not think of. But he nailed it. It’s like, yes do it, be fragile and take it easy, it’s a pretty good answer to stuff being pulled in all directions.”