Drawing us in with an epic guitar performance with textured drums manifesting dramatic nuance through instrumental mastery and captivating melodics, Ebb & Nova open Call Me Queen with an alluring timbre and assertive message as they share the opening words, “You’re in my world, you walk in my shoes, I’m seeing red…”
The opus expands with theatrical dimensionality and a tale that feels extremely familiar. We love the hook, “You call me a watch, but I’m a queen…” and we are immediately reminded of the iconic tale of The Wizard of Oz.
The anthemic song is perfect for the upcoming sequel of Wicked: For Good, and we could certainly imagine Cynthia Erivo or Idina Menzel doing justice to Ebb & Nova‘s epic original version written by the insanely talented Lauren Padgett and Matthew Purpora. The rising swells, the iconic guitar solos, and the soaring vocals have us in awe!
It turns out that Ebb & Nova wrote the powerful manifesto for a live stage version of The Wizard of Oz in Maryland. Naturally, the song was made for the character of the Wicked Witch of the West, showing her not as a villain, but as a strong woman who sees herself as a queen.
The band designed the track, mixing elements of rock, pop, and folk to create their most hard-hitting track yet, with guitar sounds inspired by Black Sabbath and Coheed and Cambria. Produced at Deep End Studio with help from award-winning engineer Tony Correlli, the song also features haunting instruments like cello and theremin to manifest it’s high spiritual quotient and empowering nature!
It is no surprise that Call Me Queen was a big hit on opening night and has helped Ebb & Nova grow even more, earning spots at the Maryland State Fair and other festivals. Now for the movie version please! Someone call Cynthia Erivo‘s agent right now!
We love the track, and cannot wait to hear more from Ebb & Nova, in the meantime, we have added Call Me Queen to our New Music Spotlight playlist, and our TIMELESS playlist, whilst we continue to stream the wider discography of the band, including Coming Back Home!