Song Of The Day: “I’m Not Afraid” by Lionel Boy
Every Monday-Friday, Music Director Gini Mascorro selects a Song Of The Day to soundtrack your life. Here we take a closer look at one of those picks and create a playlist including all of the week’s selections.
Lionel Boy’s “I’m Not Afraid” is the song you put on while hanging out with someone you are interested in after a long night out together. The song’s sound creates an intimate vibe and its funky bassline will make anyone think that you are cool – despite not being able to parallel park a few hours ago. In its opening line Boy croons “I’m not afraid of falling in love, I’m just afraid of you” which captures both the excitement and fear of opening your heart to someone new.
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Lionel Boy Shares Mango Michelada Single
Lionel Boy has just shared the third single from his upcoming, debut, self-titled album.by TV News Desk
Lionel Boy has just shared the third single from his upcoming, debut, self-titled album. The silky smooth Mango Michelada is an artfully laid tune ripe for spinning on repeat indefinitely. It s easy to get lost in the groovy melancholy Lionel spills on the refrain of the track. Last February, I moved into a rehearsal space in San Pedro. Shares Lionel Boy. The space reeked of Fabreze and various chemicals they used to mask the smell of stale cigarettes. My drummer Jacqueline and I would mess around for hours in that space singing nonsense. At the time, we were in the habit of drinking Mango Micheladas at every session. On one of those days, we started out cracking jokes and ended up with a song we couldn t stop working on. COVID-19 hit about a week later and I ended up having to move out of the studio, but we continued to work on
Hawaiian songwriter
Lionel Boy has shared his new single Flower Girl .
Now based in Long Beach, Lionel Boy s immersive approach to his musicality remains tethered to his island upbringing.
There s a sense of quiet isolation in his work, one in which indie pop, soul, and electronics are all allowed to intermingle.
With his debut Who Is Dovey EP earning warm reviews last year, Lionel Boy returns with something new for fans, just as Spring begins to bloom.
Out now via Innovative Leisure, it s a woozy guitar pop jammer, one that recalls Mac DeMarco in its hallucinogenic warmth while retaining a lingering soulful edge.