Bright Light Bright Light – This Was My House
Bright Light Bright Light is preparing to release his highly anticipated album – ‘Fun City.’ Until the record drops in September, we are being treated to several single releases from the Manhattan by way of South Wales resident.
One of his latest songs is the dance worthy but deep meaning track called, ‘This Was My House’. From a musical standpoint, this one has everything a lush pop track should have. Pulsing beat, intricate production, smooth vocals and if you are lucky enough, stellar guest contributors. This Was My House features Madonna’s longtime backing vocalist duo Niki Haris and Donna De Lory as well as Initial Talk.
From a content standpoint, this song goes a bit deeper than that. I was able to catch up with BLx2 and talk about the meaning behind the song. He tells Sound Vapors, “It’s about the kind of predicament that queer spaces have been in, let’s say the last four years of politics. In both the U.K. and the U.S. Basically, there’s so much vitriol against LGTBQ+ and immigrant communities with the xenophobic rhetoric and LGTBQ hate crimes, that our physical spaces are really important for us. You know, like all the gay bars, the LGTBQ+ institutions that we have across the world that are there to provide safety for our community. Obviously, I had written this before quarantine and everything closed. So the importance of that is even more apparent now with these physical space that aren’t there for the people that need them.”
BLx2 continues, “I wrote this song after I had a drink with a friend of mine last year that was telling me about, use your imagination, the way his Mother had voted in the election. Despite the fact that it kind of contravened his basic human rights as a gay man, with what the implication of what that vote meant. And how that fragmented the safety of his home. Whatever way people voted, I’m not saying anyone voted right or wrong or whatever. But the division of vote, the chasm that was between the two parties has really left a lot of people feeling kind of like nomads and without a place of belonging. The lack of conversation is alarming, I think. So I wrote the song about how certain portrayals in the media have accentuated the difference between sections of community and left people feeling really lost and really scared for their safety in different places.”
I don’t think any rational person can argue that anyone living in fear of their safety is acceptable. In my opinion, there are a lot of conversations that need to take place and this is one that obviously needs to be on the list. To me, a big part of the picture is that, while we all have views on what those conversations need to be like, me included, human safety and rights should always be near the top of the list in every community. Again, just my opinion but I feel like that’s a great place to start the dialog. Bright Light Bright Light is doing his part to shed some attention on this problem that is affecting his community. A community that is deeply important to him and many others.
You can hear my entire conversation with Bright Light Bright Light by clicking on the link to your favorite place to listen to podcast or by watching the video version on YouTube.
-Tommy Marz
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