Bobbi Lu ta fitar da kundinta na farko ‘Arrow, Four’

Bobbi Lu ce sunan barkwanci na Lucy Ryan, wadda aka haifa kuma aka tashe a Oxfordshire a Birtaniya, sannan yanzu tana zaune a Bruges bayan ta bi soyayyarta shekaru da dama da suka wuce. A matsayinta na mai shirya kiɗa a ɗakin kwanta (DIY), ta fitar da waƙoƙi kaɗan, kuma yanzu tana shirye da kundin ta na farko ‘Arrow, Four’.

Bobbi Lu na ɗaukar wahayi daga mawakan kamar Radiohead, FKA Twigs, Jockstrap da Saya Grey, inda take saƙa waƙoƙin piano da bas ɗin mai zurfi mai rurutshe da electronica da samples, duk suna hađuwa cikin sauti mai duhu da cike da sirri, kamar na duniya mai lalacewa. Da Ryan ta fara yin kide-kide, nan take ta ja hankali, ta koma daga goyon bayan mawakan kamar The Haunted Youth da Sylvie Kreusch zuwa yin manyan kide-kiden ta na kanta da bukukuwa masu ban sha'awa kamar The Great Escape (UK). Waƙoƙi kamar Metapwhore da Vacuum sun yi fice sosai a gidajen rediyo a Belgium, Netherlands, Faransa da Birtaniya, inda suka samu kyakkyawar bita da liyafar zuciya daga masu sauraro.

‘Arrow, Four’ tarin waƙoƙi goma ne, waɗanda aka rubuta a tsawon shekaru da dama, kuma tsarin kowane ɗayansu ya bambanta sosai. “Ina tsammani waƙoƙin kowanne na da labarinsa, amma a tunanina kowane labari alama ce kawai ta jigo mai girma, wadda galibi wahayinta ya zo daga littafin Future Shock na Alvin Toffler. A cikinsa yana magana game da iyawar mutane na daidaitawa tana da iyaka ta mahangar hakika, kuma idan ci gaba ya ƙara tserewa, shin za mu iya yin yawa har mu fuskanci 'future shock'. Kuma watakila hakan ya rigaya faruwa, musamman ta hanyar gwagwarmayar lafiyar hankali.”

“Ya sa ni in yi tunani game da yadda ci gaba ke ƙirƙirar sababbin kalubale; kibiya ɗaya da ke tafiya gaba ana jan ta baya da wata da ke cikin akasin haka. Ina jin batun ne ya fi kowane lokaci dacewa yanzu, musamman da AI ta zo kwanan nan. Ina ganina ina amfani da wannan batu domin ƙarfafa waƙoƙina, galibi a matsayin hanyar gafarta wa kaina da sauran mutane, a waɗancan lokutan da muke fama da yin kurakurai, cewa kowa da kowa yana yin ƙoƙarinsa wajen bin muhalli mai saurin canzawa.”

Hakan kuma yana bayyane a cikin zanen da Maarten Derous ya yi. “Yana haɗa komai tare. Ya zo gareni bayan ya saurare shi, ya ce abin da ya fito gare shi rauni ne, wanda a lokacin ba na tunaninsa kwata-kwata ba. Amma ya buga shi dai-dai. Kamar ce, eh, ka yi haka, ka kasance mai rauni ka kuma ɗauki abu da sauƙi, wannan amsa mai kyau ce ga al’amuran da ake jan su kowace hanya.”