Setting the tone with exquisite textured vocals fused with a hypnotizing beat, rising artist Vantreux opens his new single, Outcast with the introspective lyrics, “Really grew up in my city like an outcast, stopped wearing hoodies in the streets, they said I won’t last, sometimes I really thought that things couldn’t be that bad, but now I’m thinking about the life that I could’ve had…”
Vantreux, who is based in Richmond, USA gives us raw emotion on the new single, diving into sensitive subject matter including underage drug abuse, systemic racism, and poverty.
Some of the lyrical highlights include “don’t have control of the outcome, wish it was more than the income”, the cosmic “feels like the Earth is in retrograde, ask why my moods always fluctuate”, the wise and informative “long time this game’s been rigged beyond apprehension, players posed in opposition” and the visual “these poor kids were fucking helpless, pills crushed up by teeth with braces”.
Vantreux‘s brand of witty rhymes and captivating flow is full of emotion, while the beat fuses seamlessly with the design of the song.
Vantreux writes, produces, and performs his own music. He plays a variety of instruments, as well as records the vocal tracks in his songs in his studio under his label and video production company, Vantreux Productions LLC.
When discussing his inspirations, Vantreux cites Giveon and A$AP Rocky, and we can see that come to life in his wider discography. We have been streaming Man You Seek, taboo and Backwards and have added Outcast to our New Music Spotlight playlist!