“red balloon” by néomí
Surinamese/Dutch indie Singer/Songwriter néomí comes to Wolf in a Suit for the first time with the captivating sonic creation that is “red balloon”. With this beautifully haunting and honest blend of melodies and lyrics, she gives life to a tale so personal and so hypnotizing. With this track she gives life to a mature and uniquely poetic yet bittersweet tale of breaking up, an experience that most if not all of us have gone through. She explores this moment in a way that is quite refreshing to see for it does not hold hate and understands that sadness is a feeling that must be embraced when it happens because it shows that it meant something.
The soundscape has something quite special about it that just knows how to caress our senses and give us a place that while hers, also feels ours. There’s no denying that this is a wonderful work of art that reminds us that the folk genre has so much to offer to the human experience. So listen closely and fall prey to freeing touch of this contemporary must-listen gem. Enjoy!
“red balloon was written in the winter of 21. I’d moved into a new home together with my boyfriend and we were going through a tough time. He suggested we write a song together so we went to the piano, sat down having not discussed a lot, and just let the music speak. Little did we know we were writing a break-up song as we parted a couple of months later. Maybe we did know, but we were just very content at that moment creating a song together.
I still love that man very much, but love is a very complicated thing as you might understand. The song wasn’t finished so months later I decided to finish it up with a good friend of mine. I gave it a twist, as my heart literally burst like a red balloon at that time. Now I just hope that one day I’ll be lifted like a beautiful red balloon that didn’t rip open.
néomí
Location: Netherlands
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