Ny musikk fra Mick Jagger

I dag slapp Mick Jagger et audiovisuelt prosjekt som inkluderer låtene «Gotta Get A Grip» og «England Lost». 

Hør «Gotta Get A Grip» og «England Lost» her.  

Det samme er musikkvideoene til både «Gotta Get A Grip» og «England Lost», regissert av Saam Farahmand og med henholdsvis Jemina Kirke og Luke Evans i hovedrollene.

De to låtene handler i stor om den politiske situasjonen i England, usikkerheten i verden og hans frustrasjon over tiden vi lever i. Lenger nede i saken kan du lese Jagger forklare budskapet og innholdet i låtene.

Samtidig har legenden sluppet «Gotta Get a Grip/England Lost – Reimagined», der blant andre den norske produsenttrioen Seeb har remikset «Gotta Get a Grip».

Det samme har Tame Impala-frontmann Kevin Parker, brasilianske Alok og Matt Clifford. I tillegg har Jagger slått seg sammen med den britiske rapperen Skepta på en egen versjon av «England Lost».

Mick Jagger om «England Lost»:

"Ostensibly, it’s about seeing an England football team lose, but when I wrote the title I knew it would be about more than just that. It’s about a feeling that we are in a difficult moment in our history. It's about the unknowability about where you are and the feeling of insecurity.

That’s how I was feeling when I was writing. It's obviously got a fair  amount of humour because I don’t like anything too on the nose but it's also got a sense of vulnerability of where we are as a country."

‘’Right from the off when I started writing ‘England Lost’, I imagined having a British rapper on the track... Skepta stepped in at a moment’s notice and I just loved what he did.‘’

Om «Gotta Get A Grip»:

“The message I suppose is - despite all those things that are happening, you gotta get on with your own life, be yourself and attempt to create your own destiny”.

Om det politiske klimaet:

‘’We obviously have a lot of problems. So am I politically optimistic? ...No.”

Om hvorfor han slapp disse to låtene:

“I started writing these two songs in April and wanted them out straight away. Doing a whole album often takes a long time even after finishing it with all the record company preparations and global release set up.

It’s always refreshing to get creative in a different fashion and I feel a slight throwback to a time when you could be a bit more free and easy by recording on the hoof and putting it out there immediately. I didn’t want to wait until next year when these two tracks might lose any impact and mean nothing.”

Om hvem og hva han hører på om dagen:

“I do quite a lot of trawling for music online and also the youngsters in my family all play me music when we get together so I get to hear all kinds of things. I listen to R&B and pop and strange mixes of old and new and then like everyone I make my own random playlists. The last things I added to a list were Kendrick Lamar, Skepta, Mozart, Howlin’ Wolf, Tame Impala, obscure Prince tracks and classic soul stuff from The Valentine Brothers.

I really like Kendrick Lamar, he’s also talking about discontent and he really nailed it. I  thought  his  stuff,  and  what  Skepta  is  doing,  are  very  interesting  and  pretty  much  on  the button.’’