ブルガリア/ソフィア・イングランド/ロンドン拠点のオルタナティヴポップデュオ Woombが、8/1にリリースしたニューシングル 'Powerless'のMVを公開！
ディレクターは Petar Tuhchiev。
Woombは Hristo Yordanov, Gueorgui Linev (Kan Wakan)による2人組。
これまでに Sofia Live Festival, Hills of Rockといったフェスや、SoAlive, MMB, ESNS, MENTなどのショーケースに出演し、昨年にデビューEP『To Never Feat the Sun』を発表。
'Powerless'の演奏にはレジェンドドラマー Joey Waronker (Radiohead, Beck, Atoms for Peace, Oasis, The Flints)が参加し、ミックスは Alonzo Vargas (Kelela, Blood Orange, Solange)、マスタリングは Joe LaPortaが担当。
折衷的な表現を大胆なサウンドデザインで、しかも歌メロもめっちゃ良いという驚異のバランス感覚で繰り広げる大好きなアーティスト Kan Wakanが最近やってるデュオ。こっちも抜群に良いです。
“Powerless” was a cathartic moment in our journey as a duo. It was one of the first tracks that leaned into something more upbeat, almost radio-friendly, which felt unfamiliar but exciting. I remember George playing those chords on one of his synths in our old studio, then layering this beat that felt ritualistic and primal. It moved something in me. I immediately started singing a line I’d had in my notes for ages: ‘water’s wash away what’s left.’ My mom used to tell me that when I was a baby, I cried constantly, so she would calm me by placing me under running water. That image always stayed with me. There’s something ancient and healing in that image, like water carrying the weight away. That’s really where the song came from—a memory, a sensation of surrender, of something greater offering relief. My relationship with my body has always been complicated. It still is. Writing about it has felt like walking a tightrope. I think part of me was still learning how to take up space as a queer body, how to exist without apology. Maybe I needed a mantra. And “Powerless” became one.” - Hristo Yordanov
