Setting the tone with immersive and vibrant electric keys, Fifth Lucky Dragon opens his new single, Mango with the charming lyrics, “I’m not good at dancing, so just be with me tonight, wanna taste your Chapstick, call it mango sugar high…”
Mango expands with an eclectic indie pop frequency which contains a lyrical nod to Harry Styles. Fifth Lucky Dragon cites Harry, along with Conan Gray, The Weeknd, The Killers and COIN as some of his sonic peers, although it is clear that he is creating a universe of his own.
We appreciate the way that Fifth Lucky Dragon switches up his flow and the dimensional nature of the production. Lyrical highlights include the conceptual, “I switch gears like a stick shift, won’t make sense as a poem” and the notion of self care attached to the line, “Why can’t we just decide to delete IG from our phones, yeah…”
Elaborating on the inspiration of the track, Fifth Lucky Dragon confesses, “I wanted an eclectic, upbeat song for summer that felt good to blast with the windows down but still had lyrical depth to it incase you want to listen while on an introspective walk.”
He adds, “It dances around summer romance and tasting someone’s chapstick as well as the nostalgic image of jumping on trampolines instead of stressing out.”
We love the accompanying visuals which see Fifth Lucky Dragon, who is also known as Louis Imperiale jumping on a trampoline! Louis produced and performs the track, whilst Johnny Rabb supports him on drums. Jay Elliott played guitar on Mango, and Sam Ramirez mixed and mastered the opus!
Expanding on his sound, Fifth Lucky Dragon says, “Mango is the first song I’ve made where I felt I could lean fully into the bright pop sound I’ve been searching for since I’ve been making music. It feels like I finally got my vision across on this song.”
We love Fifth Lucky Dragon‘s vision and authenticity and have added Mango to our New Music Spotlight playlist, whilst we explore his wider discography including I Keep Seeing People I Don’t Want To See (In My Dreams) and Idle on the Outside.