Aussie expat JIM ALXNDR has teamed up with Angie McMahon for a breathtaking new single “Slave.” I know you’re probably looking for an excuse to disconnect from work for a little while this Tuesday afternoon and this is it. It doesn’t deserve to be background to you tapping away at your keyboard. Stop, take a listen, and fall in love.
“’Slave’ was a song I wrote when I felt very out of control of the remnants of an incredibly toxic relationship,” JIM explained. “I’d been with someone on and off for some time and loved them deeply but felt as if my feelings for them enabled me to be taken advantage of; I realised I was more in love with the idea of being in love than the person themself. I wasn’t in a place mentally to say it to them so I put in a song how I felt (what a cliche), what I would say if I could overcome my huge fear of confrontation and my huge fear of them.”
This collaboration is just so special. It came about after the pair met in a music class a few years ago. Angie remembers being impressed by JIM’s musical brain when he delivered a “beautifully nerdy” orchestral arrangement of Beyonce’s “Love on Top.” When he asked her to guest on this song, she didn’t hesitate. And the rest, as they say, is history!
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