Music News - Rising Kiwi star Taylor Roche captures the complexity of love in new single, 'Why Can’t We?'
17 February 2021 - 0 Comments
Up-and-coming Kiwi pop artist Taylor Roche has hit the ground running in 2021 with an emotive new single, Why Can’t We?
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A pop song at heart, Why Can’t We? is all about being true to what you feel and being honest with your emotions. "Love is complex and beautiful, and I wanted to try to capture that," says Taylor.
"Rather than just a break-up song or just a love song, I wanted Why Can’t We? to be a juxtaposition between the two, with the main story centred around the thought of ‘why can’t we just be here in this moment and say what we feel?’".
Drawing on inspiration from a combination of hip-hop and 80's/90's ballads, Why Can’t We? kicks off with the soft clicking and scratching of a cassette player and evolves with the introduction of an unmistakable 808 beat, which grows and develops throughout the song, taking the listener on a journey.
Also helping to bring the song to life is a visualiser, which Taylor made with Christchurch-based videographer Mark Song. It encapsulates the raw emotion of the song and is set against the exquisite backdrop of a South Island sky.
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“I wanted to capture that overwhelming feeling explored in the song, so we knew we had to film it somewhere with huge 360-degree views. We found a remote spot up at the top of the Port Hills overlooking Governors Bay and Diamond Harbour, surrounded by beautiful hill peaks.”
There’s also a nod to the song’s old school inspiration in the visualiser. “I brought into the frame an old Panasonic camcorder and an original vintage SANYO cassette player that my Dad had when he was a teenager during the 80's”
Why Can’t We? is Taylor’s third single, following on from Never Like That, This Love Song and Over It.
After being based in the US and Mexico performing as the lead vocalist for a nine-piece pop party band for the largest cruise line corporation in the world, Taylor returned to New Zealand in 2020, where he’s now based and gearing up to reveal more of what he’s been crafting in the studio.
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