If your Monday is feeling a bit flat, feast your ears on “Chemistry”. The latest track from South African-born, Perth-based indie-pop act Timi Afilaka should put the groove back in your day. Even if it’s only for a few minutes, this song will make you feel better.
“I wrote this song with my good friend, Griggs, the same week we met for the first time. He is the producer, mixer and mastering engineer behind this track,” Timi explained. “We hit it off on Instagram and collaborated on a few songs prior to this meet-up. He was living in Cape Town, and I was living in Johannesburg. We eventually planned to meet up in person; he took a flight to Johannesburg and stayed at my place for a week. We made a song for five days out of that week, and ‘Chemistry’ is one of my favourite songs that came out of it. While Griggs was producing the instrumental, I began writing the lyrics. The song is essentially about embracing the good and bad moments in life but keeping an optimistic mindset through it all. I didn’t think about it that way, but subconsciously I called it ‘Chemistry’ because that’s exactly what Griggs and I had.”
Timi’s definitely got something special. I’m really looking forward to hearing more from this exciting talent.
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