Setting the tone with a cerebral metallic texture that expands into high hats and a riser, flowing cohesively into a synthscape, Stellan Perrick opens his debut single, Golden Baby with questioning lyrics, “Where’s the half that goes with mine? They say that love is patient but who likes to wait in line?”
Stellan Perrick‘s vocal delivery is atmospheric and full of character and nuance as he evocatively sings, “I just wanna party, I don’t wanna be lonely, I want drugs inside me, don’t make me wait…”
We love the overall vibe of Golden Baby, and the assertive honesty that Stellan has with his artistry. Speaking on the song, Stellan confesses with vulnerability, “Golden Baby is my own personal story which is a little dark. But the idea was to take that darkness and make it somehow enjoyable. In a very low point in my life, I felt very worthless feeling like everyone is somehow better than me, cooler than me, how got it all together better than me.”
He adds speaking frankly about his emotions, “I felt unlucky, pretty much my whole life. I was upset with the whole world seeing how things are just unfair. I thought if you are lucky, you are a ‘golden baby’ and that’s the only way you can be born into all those things you wish for. Whatever it is, like looks, where you are born, place, how happy you are, etc.… So all those people who I saw as ‘lucky’ I thought that they were chosen, like they are lucky because God chose them, and they are ‘golden babies’ and I’m not because I wasn’t lucky that I could enjoy all that, God chose them and not me.”
“But I spent time with myself and God, I learnt more about how Gold is formed. Natural Gold, Sun is not enough to synthesize gold. The enough energy to form gold only comes from star explosions in a supernova. These are extreme conditions, and it’s a lot of pressure and energy from which Gold gets formed. I started relating that to all the difficulties I had, and it made sense that they were all in a way, extreme conditions, lots of pressure and energy, which hurt a lot, but! I realized that real gold is formed exactly like that! So in other words, it’s not those other people who are golden babies, ITS ME! They are all gold plated, not real gold, I didn’t realize that God was giving me all those difficulties as energy to turn me into a real ‘Golden Baby’ !!!!!! So basically, I am the real golden baby!!!!”, he concludes with enthusiasm and enlightenment.
Concluding with his intentions for the song, Stellan says, “I made this song to people who feel unlucky, who feel like they have too many difficulties and that God is being unfair to them, people who feel lonely because nobody can related to their struggles, people who feel like their worthless, people who don’t want to keep living feeling like everyone is privileged except for them.”
We love the profound message and Stellan Perrick‘s inspiring medium of artistry. His add lib nods to Michael Jackson and the guitar solo really dimensionalize the track, which features exquisite production overall. We have added Golden Baby to our New Music Spotlight playlist and can’t wait to hear more from the rising star.