Easing us in with enigmatic guitar and light percussion with textured vocals, Star2 opens his new single, Run Away with the lyrics, “so many shit’s been going on, in my city and around the world, can’t count them anymore, can’t do much but pray for them…”
The introspective rising artist shares his new project with a heavy heart as the conscious artist documents “the crushing social and environmental catastrophes that plague our world and consume us with alarm and despair.”
Created in his sobering retrospective is his personal sorrow and anguish growing up without a mother and father in a refugee camp in South East Asia – fleeing genocide and ethnic cleansing of his Ka-ren people by the brutal Burmese Army and Myanmar Military Regime, Star2 has created a unique and moving offering to inspire more love energy, and we are wholly here for this intention!
We love Star2‘s flow and expression of his emotion through his delivery and poetic and prophetic lyricism.
Part religious testimony, part philosopher’s insight, Star2 directs us to consider what the rest of the world is facing and how they are suffering – also how people are in misery and anguish because of homelessness, poverty, violence, and war.
The video asks everyone to “Pray for peace in our world”, Star2 implores, “pray for my Ka-ren people who continue to experience genocide, for the Ukranian people, and for everyone suffering injustice – pray for peace.”
We are so grateful to have discovered Star2‘s message and artistry, and Run Away, which is also featured on our New Music Spotlight playlist is produced by Chico Bennett (Madonna, The Killers, Prince, Lady Gaga).
Star2 is an Asian-American singer, songwriter and rapper who seamlessly blends pop, R&B and hip-hop for an enthralling immersion of sound. Raised in inauspicious circumstances, Star2 takes influence from overcoming his life struggles, creating music that is bold, high-spirited and soulful.