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THE WAY WE WERE FT TROY KINGI

by BLKLIST

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BLKLIST 3rd single ‘The Way We Were’ features multi award-winning artist, ‘The Northland Treasure’ Troy Kīngi, and is part of their plan to deliver 12 singles in 12 months.

When asked about the inspiration for the new single ‘The Way We Were’ BLKLIST said ‘We want to acknowledge the past, to make the now beautiful. And in the words of Troy Kīngi - “No moment like the present, It might be unpleasant, You can’t see the beauty when you're standing still”.

BLKLIST was birthed in 2020 by the group's founding members after meeting at a worldwide creatives' competition during lockdown.

Each member of BLKLIST performs under their virtual pseudonyms: musicians JC (Jasey Cones) and Oroko, and producer Besu. If you could imagine the 1998 Gorillaz, well you're now blessed with BLKLIST in 2022 right here in Aotearoa/NZ.

Their sound is original with a bass-heavy, melody driven, spiralling synth, electro trap inspiration that crosses genres. Along with some heavy-hitting collaborations in the works – Troy Kingi being the first – you can expect these songs to resonate your aural sensors and beat through your toes when turned into energetic live versions across stages.

As BLKLIST say, “Not wanting to fit into one sound, we want to make music that makes your head nod, heart pump, and lungs hurt!”

I guess the question on everyone's lips will be - WTF is BLKLIST? - will you ever know?

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BLKLIST ft Troy Kīngi
‘The Way We Were’

(PRE)
Love love is the only cure for this disease
So I say please wont you give all that you are to all that is beautiful

(VERSE)
Sometimes I wish I didn’t know what I know now
So I could keep playing the fool
No room to move
It’s set in stone
You get a little older
Don’t wanna stray from the rules
All roads eventually evaporate until there’s one
But endless possibilities while you are young
If I could do it all again
I would try and make amends - appreciate the small things

(PRE)
What is the likelihood things gonna go back to the way they were
Straight mind erased without a trace
Now the last year never occurred

(RAP VERSE)
Gone in remembrance of the last time
The spine made to shiver like the snow line
Left in the perils we stressed through the levels
The way we were like yesterday in the behind
So catch life on the rebound
Left out in the sun we found
Life come with struggles we heard
So lets go back to the way that we were

(SLOWED PRE)
Love love is the only cure for this disease
So I say please want you give all that you are to all that is beautiful

(PRE)
What is the likelihood things gonna go back to the way they were
Straight mind erased without a trace
Now the last year never occurred


(CHORUS)
No moment like the present
It might be unpleasant
You can’t see the beauty when you’re standing still
Be earlier than everyone
Or you will be overrun
Do it now before you’re over the hill
I Think we need an update
It’s Time for a clean slate
No one needs reminding of the shit we done
Wake early in the morning
Gotta start relearning
Why we breathing underneath the sun

(CHORUS OUTRO)
I Think we need an update
It’s Time for a clean slate
No one needs reminding of the shit we done
Wake early in the morning
Gotta start relearning
Why we breathing underneath the sun

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released August 5, 2022
Troy Kingi

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BLKLIST was birthed in 2020 by the group's founding members each performing under their virtual pseudonyms Besu (producer) and Jasey Cones and Oroku (musicians), if you can imagine Gorillaz, but from NZ.

With 12 singles across 12 months set to be released, each offering a vibe of deep layers of hypnotic bassline, spiralling synths, trap inspired drops and the addition of rich vocals. ... more

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