Libë’s third hit single, Birds of a Feather, flips the script on archetypal RnB lyricality by tenderly exploring the painful sides of attachment, reaching the epitome of emotive duality.
The lyrics are sufficient to meditate on, and the graceful but intricately embellished instrumentals ease you additional right into a reflective atmosphere. Because the reprise of “guess I’m caught with you” drifts in by Libë’s aphrodisiacally affecting and organically uncooked vocals, every second within the cinematic scope of the discharge resonates with the total power of the longing that formed this easy modern ballad.
Produced by Mercury Prize-nominated Drew Horley—who has collaborated with esteemed artists equivalent to Estelle, Burna Boy, De La Soul, and Jay Sean—Birds of a Feather is the third in a Neo-soul collection depicting a poisonous couple certain by hopeless circumstances. In a tragic twist on the saying “birds of a feather flock collectively,” every lyrical protagonist is simply too poisonous for anybody else, leaving them tied to the identical fractured union.
Born in London to Nigerian heritage and raised in Sheffield from the age of 9, Libë has used her classical piano background to craft an R&B/Neo-soul blueprint infused with gospel, soul, and Afrobeats nuances. Since selecting music over a regulation diploma in 2019, she’s persistently garnered spectacular streaming figures. Control social media for the remaining 5 singles finishing the tumultuous relationship arc.
Birds of a Feather was formally launched on December 13 and is obtainable to stream on all main platforms, together with Spotify.
Assessment by Amelia Vandergast
