Japayork
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- Bio: One day 22-year-old singer Japayork will be a pop superstar, and the first step is the release on 5 December of debut single ‘Teenagers’.
Japayork first poked his head above ... (more) - Bio: One day 22-year-old singer Japayork will be a pop superstar, and the first step is the release on 5 December of debut single ‘Teenagers’.
Japayork first poked his head above the pop parapet at the start of 2010 with free download ‘Our Now’ – which generated a pleasing level of blog buzz – and the original demo of ‘Teenagers’, which has become a high-octane pop thunderer for its single release. According to its creator, ‘Teenagers’ is about “the epic feeling of togetherness”.
‘Teenagers’ was written – as most of the best songs are – after a night out, and was completed in around sixty minutes. The night out in question had started in a Mexican bar with a load of mates who’d all turned up after a day working in jobs they didn’t really want to be doing. Everyone got trolleyed. Notes Japayork: “Even though you might not be your happiest when you’re stuck at school or stuck at work or stuck wherever, as soon as you see your friends and drink a bunch and dance a bunch, everything seems fine for a while. It’s about coming together to forget what we did today, or yesterday. And it works.” The healing power of booze, ladies and gentlemen.
The single comes with an extraordinary b-side in the form of ‘Lydia’. ‘Lydia’ is about all the ladies Japayork has ever met.
‘Teenagers’ is produced by Japa’s longterm collaborator Fabien Waltmann; ‘Lydia’ is the first fruit of sessions with Tim Powell, whose credits include Girls Aloud, Pet Shop Boys and Ed Drewett. (less)
