The evolution of Irish rap across the past decade is one of European music's most vital stories.
Transforming itself into a creative powerhouse, it seems that each week brings a stellar new artist to our Inbox, changing the rules once more.
This time round, it's Dublin force Carsten2X, whose debut single 'Beaucoup' is a punchy, straight-to-the-point introduction.
A storyteller whose grasp of the subtlety of arrangement marks him out, Carsten2X opens the new single with acoustic guitar lines, warped via some woozy effects.
The hook appears as though in a dream, the surrealistic lyrics commenting: "I need beaucoup / Real shit not that tofu / If I don’t get it might go goku…"
Co-produced by Chuks Chiejine (Brockhampton, Burna Boy), it's a song about manifesting success.
He comments: "So, with 'Beaucoup', the lyrics are kind of my work around of talking about sold out shows and plaques without having them. Basically a song about all the things I’m trying to get and accomplish. With a few tongue in cheek lines, as I try to have fun with it when I’m making songs. The hook is saying that I want these things and it’s my right to try everything to get them."
We're able to share the video, which brings the vision of Carsten2X to life in emphatic fashion.
The Dublin talent adds: "The lyrics played a big part in the video storyline. While I’m in the suit its meant represent my dreams: performing on stage and the girl etc. And then when I’m in my normal clothes: in the kitchen, on my bike, with my friends, represents my reality at the minute."
Tune in now.
Photo Credit: @analogdash
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