
Music Critic Holly Pittaway attends and reports on a Zoom-based Press Conference for Still Woozy’s new single BS, another classically Woozy single
BS has those characteristics that we as Woozy fans have come to expect in recent years
BS is definitely more chill than his last release, ‘Window’, which perhaps has something to do with the context of the pandemic, social unrest, and political turmoil in the US that he created the song in. ‘For me, music is kind of like a coping mechanism,’ he told the press conference. ‘I create music that can help me first, and I know that that will do the same for other people.’ BS certainly feels like a safe space, a warm hug during difficult times. But Sven also admitted that the current situation has helped his art; ‘it definitely has given me more time to work on my music’, he said.
BS certainly feels like a safe space, a warm hug during difficult times
Every song Sven releases has some element of his partner, now fiancée, Amiya Kahn-Tietz, and BS is no different. ‘I wanna stay, ain’t gonna lie / it don’t get better than your big brown eyes’, he sings in the second verse, with the music video panning to an image of Kahn-Tietz eyes shrouded in fluffy white clouds. The cover art is also one of her abstract creations, a staple for Still Woozy to the point where it would be jarring if he released a song without displaying her work. When asked how his fiancée’s art influenced his music, Sven even went as far as to say, ‘she inspires my music, I wouldn’t say it’s necessarily just her art.’ Watching him gush about his partner over Zoom was just adorable, and his love for her (and their dog, Bimo, who was also present on the call) is a big part of his identity both as Woozy and Sven – ‘she’s incredible’, he beamed.
If you haven’t listened to BS already, you need to change that – Sven recommends ‘putting on some headphones and going for a walk’, for the ultimate Still Woozy song experience so you can really take notice of those tiny sounds and layered textures that he specialises in. And in a world like ours, I can’t think of anything better than taking a few minutes to yourself to get some fresh air and even fresher music.
BS is available now via Still Woozy Productions Inc.
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