YOU’LL BECOME THE FOOL IF YOU DON’T CHECK THIS OUT!
PARKER ANNOUNCES ARRESTING SINGLE & VIDEO
BECOME THE FOOL
Visual artist, songwriter and musician PARKER has today announced her devastatingly beautiful new single Become The Fool, a heartbreakingly powerful song about an unbalanced relationship in which one person ends up sacrificing too much of themselves and their dreams for another, set for release January 24. PARKER has also announced a gorgeous Bauhaus-inspired clip to accompany Become The Fool. This affecting new single is the first taste of what is set to be an incredibly exciting 2020 for this innovative artist.
Become The Fool is about as vulnerable as a song can be. Everything from PARKER’s delicate, glassy vocal delivery, to the melancholy synths and deep, arresting percussion, bleeds with heavy emotion, and will speak to anyone who has gone through a complicated heartbreak – one that perhaps they wondered if they would ever recover from. Speaking on the inspiration behind the track, PARKER reflects, “This is the first song that was co-written with my writing and production team, Hans Van Vliet (QLD) and Becki Whitton (VIC), across three states and I’m really excited about it. When a relationship ends it can be devastating. But what happens afterwards can be a beautiful mess of experiences and vivid feelings. When I got to the end of my longest relationship, I realised I had lost so much of myself. I had been living for someone else and their dreams for so long I didn’t know who I was without them. But through this experience, I was set free to find myself again, to pursue my creative practice with all my heart.”
The video for Become The Fool is a stunning journey that explores the depth of emotion behind this extraordinary song. The viewer feels connected to the main character as someone who is left behind in a world built for someone else. The narrative begins in sepia tones, and as the clip progresses and the character reclaims the city for herself through expressive dance, the scene begins to fill with colour as an empowering metaphor for this story. PARKER explains, “The clip for this song is so incredible! It was made in one month on a super tight budget. It was made by Hans Van Vliet (7 Bit Hero + HUNZ) in just three weeks. We took inspiration from bauhaus design; we wanted to create something that felt nostalgic yet contemporary. Every single element in the clip has a meaning and a reason to be there. Nothing is superfluous.”
This wonderfully considered release is just the beginning of what is set to be a spectacular year for this multi-disciplinary artist, as she gives fans a taste of what is yet to come, “I’m really excited about all the singles and music videos we have lined up to release this year. I’ve also got a number of live videos in the making! I feel so lucky to be working with so many great film makers, musicians and audio engineers on these projects.”
PARKER is Tash Parker.
Become The Fool is out January 24.
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PARKER Q&A
Q; What’s the inspiration behind your new single ‘Become The Fool’?
A; This song was originally inspired by the hit TV series The Marvelous Mrs Masel. We took inspiration from the story but made the lyrics more personal to my own narrative of heartbreak. Become The Fool is about taking ownership of loosing myself in a relationship.
Q; Who are your greatest musical influences?
A; For voice - Dolly Parton, Joni Mitchell and Stevie Nicks are the artists who I have sung along with the most. I love how they sing with their own voices and don’t sound like anyone else.
For production - I love anything from the 80s. Peter Gabriel, The Cars and The Eurythmics are at the top of my list.
For a challenge - I love listening to Arthur Russell because I really believe he wrote great pop melodies. The complexity of his arrangements and song structures really challenge my brain in an enjoyable way.
Q; What do you bring to the live stage?
A; I have always performed self accompanied on guitar until now. Next week I will be debuting my new live show at the Earl Arts Centre in Launceston. The band consists of a drummer playing SPD and a Keys player playing Nord and Prophet X. I will be able to focus on performing these big vocal parts we’ve written for these songs and probably be wearing something very sparkly.
Q; How was the recording process?
A; This track was written and recorded across 3 states. Hans worked on production in Brisbane. The lyrics were written in Launceston and we recorded the vocals in an on the Mornington Peninsula. I actually recorded the vocals in the studio owned by the person the song is about so it was quite a healing experience for my heart and that relationship.
Q; What was the inspiration behind the music video?
A; We wanted to honour female artists in history who had not been recognised as much as their male counterparts. The Bauhaus movement had many female artists, photographers, weavers and painters who contributed significantly but were not as well known. We used bauhaus design theory and referenced iconic photographs to create the world the dancing cloaked figure is in. The cloak is made from Denim which is a direct reference to the opening line of the song. The martyr pose is significant to the sacrifice the character had made for another. They dance through the world to reclaim the space that was built around them and that they were left behind in.
Q; How would you describe your writing process?
A; I love to collaborate. I often sketch out song ideas and then take those to my writing team. I write in 3 different projects and they are all very different. I don’t like pinning myself to one genre so when I write a country pop song I take it to Runaway Belles and when I write an 80s heartbreak ballad I take it to the Parker team. All the other experimental vocal arrangements I work on I take to Ladychoir so there is always something exciting that we are creating at any given time.
Q; Give us an interesting personal fact!
A; I’m a really great waterskier. I grew up on Lake Kununurra so I would ski with fresh water crocodiles most weekends. Knowing they were in the water made it really easy to learn how not to fall off.