Shalom - Happenstance

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🗓️ 10 May 2023

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

Shalom - "Happenstance" from the 2023 album Sublimation on Saddle Creek.

Brooklyn-based, South Africa-raised artist Shalom had been playing bass in bands while in New Brunswick for college, and working on home-recorded solo songs on the side, when she was discovered by producer Ryan Hemsworth. He invited her to contribute to his collaborative project Quarter-Life Crisis, which led to her being signed with Saddle Creek Records, who released her debut album Sublimation earlier this year.

On today's Song of the Day, the Brooklyn-based, South Africa-raised artist sings of her "need to evaporate and receive validation at the same time," displaying a raw vulnerability against a dancey beat.

“The record is an introduction to me as a songwriter,” she says in a press statement. “I think it shows my versatility, but really, it’s me being really honest, earnest, and naked. You can see my bones on this record. I'm okay with it though, because I’ve got to get it out.”

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0:00.0	I'm waiting for the day that I can find me
0:06.0	I'll go away from all this
0:12.0	Saving in my room practice
0:14.0	And how to be cool but I can't do it
0:20.0	I tried hard enough my roommate
0:22.0	And she's mean for a nurse
0:24.0	But anyway
0:26.0	It wasn't enough and my life is weird
0:32.0	Every part of my chest
0:36.0	I feel so mad in place
0:40.0	I'm just trying to erase myself
0:44.0	Whenever I get the chance
0:46.0	I need to remember it
0:48.0	And receive validation at the same time
0:52.0	It just happens
0:54.0	It stands
0:56.0	Oh it's happens
0:58.0	It stands
1:04.0	And yeah I could scream out
1:06.0	You're something rash
1:08.0	Make people look where they leave me
1:12.0	I'm scared as dark
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