Sounds echo and rattle away in dub fashion in Fricky’s “Häntextra” (“Extra Happened” in English) lending the song the feel of both an IDM track and with the vocal style an alternative hip-hop song. But style aside the song has the feel of a heightened dream reality and it feels like it’s in hyperkinetic motion and constantly on the verge of collapse like someone trying to get their footing and the low key excitement of that. There is a tenderness to the song and its Swedish lyrics seem to hint at a narrator who is infatuated with a woman with whom he seems hesitant to broach his interest and talks himself into it throughout the song though he seems reluctant to impose himself on her in case the interest isn’t mutual. The question of the best thing to do remains unresolved by the end of the song and often that’s how these situations turn out in your mind and in life itself. The song is part of Fricky’s new album Horizon Inn which seems to reconcile sounds like the aforementioned with what appears to be the influence of the hyperpop end of Bad Bunny and that reggaeton vibe and production aesthetic. Listen to “Häntextra” on Spotify where you can listen to the rest of the album and follow Swedish artist Fricky at the links provided.
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