Drawing us in with an astral, rising texture and emotive piano keys, Adrienne Levay opens Place in the Sun with a captivating timbre as she sings, “Welcome to a perfect paradise, open your eyes and see the light, this time you gotta free your mind…”
The opus evolves with a high emotional quotient as Adrienne Levay shares her soul and poetic prowess, expanding with a celestial synth, sublime acoustic guitar and texture drums as the artist taps into our heart’s centre with her conscious prose and existential message. Place in the Sun holds a self-realised essence, perfect for a massive Hollywood synch deal for a coming of age film. The vocal harmonies add depth and further emotion to the already poignant piece. Speaking on the release, the star describes the track as “a sonic journey through a lifetime.”
Adrienne adds that Place in the Sun serves as “an offering of hope and a call to awaken.” She comments on how it is “rooted in Buddhist philosophy and inspired by the question ‘What did you come here to learn?'” Place in the Sun moves through themes of birth, joy, pain, freedom, aging, and death with warmth and intentional depth. It gives us an open space to reflect on life’s meaning and the ongoing journey of being human.
Sharing the breakdown of the construction of the song, the spiritually inclined and philosophically astute artist tells us, “This question is the inspiration for this song- it begins with the image of birth into this paradise that is Earth, so perfect in it’s imperfectness. The second verse is focused on the next phase of our lives, how most of us take time to embody the experience of pain and pleasure.”
Adrienne continues, “The third verse was inspired by Eric Fromm’s’ work in Escape From Freedom. This book is a long essay trying to provide a hypothesis for why people join fascist movements, written after the second world war. The fourth verse is the story of our life, how we grow old. It asks the very question – what did you come to learn? The chorus is a moment of reminder – the purpose of our lives, from the Buddhist perspective, is to alleviate the suffering of all beings everywhere, including our own suffering.”
We really appreciate the depth that transmutes from Place in the Sun and Adrienne Levay‘s conscious approach to song creation. The piece invites us to feel at one with ourselves and the universe. Naturally, we have added Place in the Sun to our New Music Spotlight playlist, and our TIMELESS playlist, whilst we continue to stream Adrienne Levay‘s discography, including the entirety of her EP, One More Night and the live version of Place in the Sun.