I love this new EP from my friends Sats. Chilled and real, a great sound and perfect for your weekend. Give it a listen!
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Two modern Princesses in towers – the endless appeal of fairy tales.
Writing ThoughtsMy extremely talented friend Sats just did two things – became a Dad and released a great music video! I’m going to talk about the latter. I love his song ‘We Belong’ and the fairy tale imagery he uses, which contrasts to make the sentiment of belonging together feel nice and homely.
Though I think his princess Emma would do a better job with the high tower (he’s scared of heights) and probably at killing tigers too, it’s a great song:
(Check out Sats’ Facebook page)
It reminded me of my favourite poem I wrote this year; a fairy tale inspired story-poem.
Read The Princess and the Bear.
It’s fascinating how fairy tales continue to spawn new adaptations over and over and over; and continue as a part of our shared narrative ideas on life. A mythology that just won’t go away.