Libë’s third hit single, Birds of a Feather, flips the script on archetypal RnB lyricality by tenderly exploring the painful aspects of attachment, reaching the epitome of emotive duality.
The lyrics are sufficient to meditate on, and the sleek but intricately adorned instrumentals ease you additional right into a reflective atmosphere. Because the reprise of “guess I’m caught with you” drifts in by means of Libë’s aphrodisiacally affecting and organically uncooked vocals, every second within the cinematic scope of the discharge resonates with the complete pressure of the longing that formed this easy up to date ballad.
Produced by Mercury Prize-nominated Drew Horley—who has collaborated with esteemed artists resembling Estelle, Burna Boy, De La Soul, and Jay Sean—Birds of a Feather is the third in a Neo-soul sequence depicting a poisonous couple certain by hopeless circumstances. In a tragic twist on the saying “birds of a feather flock collectively,” every lyrical protagonist is simply too poisonous for anybody else, leaving them tied to the identical fractured union.
Born in London to Nigerian heritage and raised in Sheffield from the age of 9, Libë has used her classical piano background to craft an R&B/Neo-soul blueprint infused with gospel, soul, and Afrobeats nuances. Since selecting music over a regulation diploma in 2019, she’s constantly garnered spectacular streaming figures. Control social media for the remaining 5 singles finishing the tumultuous relationship arc.
Birds of a Feather was formally launched on December 13 and is obtainable to stream on all main platforms, together with Spotify.
Overview by Amelia Vandergast