Drama Queen from Ysla by Yumi Ito
3d single "Drama Queen" out 10.02.2023: https://save-it.cc/wa/drama-queen
Album "Ysla" out 14.04.2023, Enja Yellowbird Records
Drama Queen
This song was written in the historic Jensens Hus, one of the oldest buildings in Iceland, where Yumi Ito worked on the music for her new album "Ysla" (release: 14/04/23 via enja records). Since there were no keyboard instruments there, only an old guitar, this is what she used to work on the song and its 13/8 time signature. In the studio, Polish musician Szymon Mika, with whom Yumi Ito has been performing as a duo for years, recorded the guitar parts. Shrouded in a failed relationship, the thematic core describes how former lovers often wear a mask of acceptance and hide behind it, despite the pain of the break-up. At the same time, the song also stands for strength, for breaking free from the shackles of thought - or: the transformation from victim to queen.
released February 10th, 2023
Tracklist
| 8. | Drama Queen | 3:12 |
Lyrics
Drama Queen
She is many but no one
She is seeking for the truth
She can’t decide
Who she wanna be, who she wanna be
She likes to wear masks
When she leaves her house
She likes to cover up
All her scars, all her scars
She’s an actress
You are the scene
She plays a game, just for fun
She likes the drama, no happy end
You are her servant, she is the queen
She captured you in her castle
She put a magic spell on you
And she won’t let you go
She won’t let you go
Credits
Yumi Ito - Vocals, Composition, Lyrics, Artistic Direction, Production
Kuba Dworak - Double bass
Iago Fernandez - Drums
Szymon Mika - Guitars
Johannes Jäck - Recording, Editing
Daniel Dettwiler - Recording, Mixing, Mastering
Recorded at the Jazzcampus Studio, Basel February - June 2022
Mixed and Mastered at Idee und Klang Studio, Switzerland July 2022
Executive Production Manager - Marta Soltys, MsMuse Management
Graphic design, artwork - Maria Jarzyna
Photography - Maria Jarzyna
Supported by Pro Helvetia Swiss Arts Council, Erna & Curt Burgauer Stiftung, Stiftung Anne-Marie Schindler
License
All rights reserved.
Yumi Ito is a Swiss-Japanese-Polish vocalist, composer and pianist based in Basel, Switzerland. Her music is an amalgam of jazz, art-pop and neo-classical, which can be flexibly performed solo or with her band. Yumi Ito plays live extensively and has appeared at renowned festivals and venues across the world (Blue Note Jazz Club New York, Montreux Jazz Festival, Jazzmandu Festival and many more).