BLESSED Will Get You Thinking About Past Loves With ‘Bonnie Killed Clyde’
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Ghana-born, Western Sydney-raised rockstar BLESSED has just released his latest single Bonnie Killed Clyde. If you’ve ever experienced loss, this one’s for you. It’s off his debut mixtape, Music Is The Medicine, which will be out on November 20th.
Bonnie Killed Clyde fuses trap and rock music to create music that people can connect to on an emotional and subsconscious level. You could equally call him a rock musician and a rapper, but I think that’s trying to find a label for the sake of it. We have preconceived notions of what genres should sound like - a sound immediately came to mind as soon as I wrote the word rock. However, I think Bonnie Killed Clyde is a representation of the music BLESSED wants to make, rather than a desire to make a particular genre of music or fit a particular image.
BLESSED says Bonnie Killed Clyde is a song “about betrayal, loss and longing.” There’s an emotional undercurrent to the track, and it requires a few listens to really get to the heart of what BLESSED is saying about love. Love isn’t easy, but you can’t let it get the best of you - otherwise, your flame will burn out.
The music video captures this, too, with BLESSED and his partner going through ups and downs. I won’t spoil the end, but it’s well worth a watch. BLESSED has a strong idea of what his music will both look and sound like, and it’s exciting and refreshing to see. BLESSED’s sound could equally be compared to Lil Peep and Reo Cragun, which I think is a testament to the complexity of the music he’s making.
Check out Bonnie Killed Clyde below. BLESSED’s upcoming mixtape, Music Is The Medicine, is a reflection on the power that music can have over people - yours truly included. BLESSED says, “Music can match moods and influence positive or negative emotions.
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“With this project, I want to use the ethereal feeling of sound alongside introspective and reflective lyrics to reach a broken generation.” Bonnie Killed Clyde follows his first single, Something To Believe In, and I strongly believe that BLESSED can be the voice of a broken Australian generation. We need more musicians like BLESSED making rock music - people that can actually get to the heart of why guitars speak to people in a way vocals aren’t always able to.