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Kota Banks today returns with her new single + video ‘Dreamhigh’, out now via NLV Records.
The Eora / Sydney-based artist continues to build upon a futuristic and melancholic hyperspace, as offered in her previous release 'Mutual XO'. Produced by frequent collaborator Ninajirachi, 'Dreamhigh' is another display of Kota's forward-thinking hyper pop and alt-RnB; yet another soundscape seeking to fuse various genres of her influence.
A melting pop of sharp cutting beats, RnB-influenced melodies and spellbinding production, 'Dreamhigh' offers the listener the type of sonic transcendence that is often unridden by contemporary pop sensibilities. The lush sounds underlay Kota's fantastical romantic projections. Of the track, Kota shares, “It's about being intensely into someone and being frustrated because you don't live close to them. So at the time, I was just kind of conjuring up all these fantasies to compensate for the distance.”
lyrics
There’s gin in my system boy
I can’t resist you boy
Way that it felt last night
I must’ve dreamed it up
Way that you kissed me touched me
Felt like nothing I had felt before
Mm, lying awake, I can’t let up, soaking it up yeah
Now it’s 5:02 in Sydney
Know you’d rather be here, get with me
I'd be flying to ya but I’m busy
Take one for the team baby, hit my city
Said you miss this
I don’t really blame you I’m the shit
Double-cross you cos I’m saying kiss kiss
But baby in the meantime
Press play, you’re on my mind
Next day, then I rewind it oh
Let me, it’s on the line
Let me be your dream high
Press play, i’m on your mind (on your mind boy)
Next day, you realise it oh
We don’t gotta define,
Let me be your dreamhigh
Dreamhigh
We tighter than a belt
You’re good for my health
And I never had it like that before with somebody else
That shit I felt, I thought that it was love
More like drugs, it was nothing like us
We’re in s-y-d-n-e-y
When we’re in the west side, you know it’s a west high
Baby it’s the best high, then we fall asleep high
Fuck me really deep, high, 17 times a week high, hi
Press play, you’re on my mind
Next day, then I rewind it oh
Let me, it’s on the line
Let me be your dream high
Press play, I’m on your mind (on your mind boy)
Next day, you realise it oh
We don’t gotta define,
Let me be your dream high
Dreamhigh
Press play, you’re on my mind
Next day, then I rewind it oh
Let me, it’s on the line
Let me be your dream high
Press play, i’m on your mind (on your mind boy)
Next day, you realise it oh
Ee don’t gotta define,
Let me be your dream high
I will say what I've been thinking all day since I left you which is that
I just saw you like 3 hours ago and I'm trynna see you again
Thank you for putting up with my clingy ass, you're so beautiful, you're so gorgeous
And I'm thinking about you
I love you
credits
released May 26, 2022
Written by Kota Banks, Ninajirachi, Paris Carney & Chloe Lilac
Produced by Ninajirachi
Mixed by Swick
Vocals Engineered by Rachad Allaf
Mastered by Wayne Sunderland
Artwork Credits:
Photography & Creative by Billy Zammit
Design & Digital Retouching by Adam Dal Pozzo
Set by Dodge Pangburn
Styling by Shivneel Kumar
Hair by Hair Tails Sydney
Makeup by Claire Howell
Known for her infectious melodies and clever tongue-in-cheek lyricism, Kota Banks masterfully dissects groundbreaking experimentation with the spectrum of exhilarating pop music.
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