Ratbag Joy is a tempest of contradiction, the best kind of contradiction, bright, bouncy and irresistibly danceable on the surface but with an undercurrent of emotion just under the glitter. The New Citizen Kane (Kane Luke) provides something that is euphoric yet bruising, that particular emotion of celebrating pain, of smiling through the entropy.
As soon as the beat comes, you are greeted with a contagious beat. Glittering synths, driving drums and the layers of floating melodies make it an obvious earworm in the club. However, this is a complex song that is beautiful. It is not afraid of heavy emotional weight; rather, it conveys it in the form of a custom-made jacket, stylish yet practical, with scars under the gloss.
The vocals of Kane are what keeps this delicate balance up. Emotive, smooth, and controlled, his vocals give the song a human quality that takes it to another level that it otherwise would not be a part of. Tension can be heard in his tone-as though he was dancing on the brink of something more weighty. It is the sincerity of Ratbag Joy that makes it so gripping.
The juxtaposition of the lively production and the self-reflection themes does not conflict, instead, it blends. It is an auditory allegory of the duality all of us have: happiness and depression, escape and reality, the outside and the inside. The music video that accompanies it reflects this exactly, being full of frantic energy, wild cuts, and the feeling of an urban poetry. It does not only depict the music, it enhances it. This is a song that gets you in both the feet, and then in the chest. The New Citizen Kane reminds us with Ratbag Joy that the happiest sounds often emanate out of the most complex sources. That is what makes it stick.
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