{"id":5424,"date":"2023-04-28T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-28T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/?p=5424"},"modified":"2023-04-29T05:59:35","modified_gmt":"2023-04-29T05:59:35","slug":"single-review-drawn-to-you-brapurple-gabrielle-sey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/2023\/04\/28\/single-review-drawn-to-you-brapurple-gabrielle-sey\/","title":{"rendered":"Single Review: &#8220;Drawn To You&#8221; &#8211; Brapurple &#038; Gabrielle Sey"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Drawn To You\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/0eJyHb3sWig4Hsjilw0EKr?si=0EYA1MqWT-2b1onZGQ12Tw&#038;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Drawn-to-You-Artwork--1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Drawn-to-You-Artwork--1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Drawn-to-You-Artwork--300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Drawn-to-You-Artwork--150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Drawn-to-You-Artwork--768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Drawn-to-You-Artwork--1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Drawn-to-You-Artwork--2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Drawn-to-You-Artwork--435x435.jpg 435w, https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Drawn-to-You-Artwork--60x60.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/1-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/1-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/1-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/1-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/1-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/1-40x60.jpg 40w, https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/1-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>To Ghana &#8211; the motherland &#8211; we go for this, and it\u2019s got the taste of suya, jollof rice and an ice cold Fanta in the summer sun with ice dripping down the sides.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In other words this song deserves the chef\u2019s kiss.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Gabrielle Sey and Brapurple join forces on this Gabrielle bringing the soulful flavours and Brapurple bringing the spice over a beat that hangs low and simple, this has summer banger written over it.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>First let\u2019s deal with the beat &#8211; the marimbas play gently, along with the guitars kicking in with shakers &#8211; you hear Brapurple say his name in the only way he can \u201cBra-Pur-ple\u201d &#8211; this reminds me of Rodney Jerkins tag &#8211; \u201cDarkchild\u201d. I love it.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The kick comes in with percussion and occasionally you get the snares giving the fills &#8211; this is genius.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Brapurple speaks his verse chilled, effortlessly and eloquently switching between English and Twi, and cueing Gabrielle in &#8211; she sings her verses with power &#8211; it feels like she\u2019s had influences from gospel singers and I can listen to her all day\u2026<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Her vocals are low and husky but she can take it high range too, and it\u2019s gorgeous.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The lyrics talk of falling for someone, getting close, and not just an instant attraction &#8211; it\u2019s both mind body and soul\u2026.<\/p>\n<p>Brilliant.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Brapurple is a Ghanaian artist who<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp; <\/span>I came across through Fresh On The Net, and has subsequently been played on Neil March\u2019s Trust The Doc radio show.<\/p>\n<p>Gabrielle Sey is a London based singer songwriter that has also been on my radar for quite a while, she describes her sound as being like a round trip from London to Accra with with a stop off at a Cali Sunday service. She\u2019s been featured on BBC 6 Music, gained kudos from Tom Robinson and recognised by afropunk and Gal-Dem.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To Ghana &#8211; the motherland &#8211; we go for this, and it\u2019s got the taste of suya, jollof rice and an ice cold Fanta in the summer sun with ice dripping down the sides.&nbsp; In other words this song deserves the chef\u2019s kiss.&nbsp; Gabrielle Sey and Brapurple join forces on this Gabrielle bringing the soulful &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5428,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[221,220,118,129,208,52,31,132,30,142,182,73,150,175,183,287,162,126,156],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-afrobeat","category-amapiano","category-bass","category-drums","category-ghana","category-guitar","category-keyboards","category-lyricist","category-music","category-producer","category-rap","category-singer-songwriter","category-songwriter","category-soul","category-synthesizers","category-track-of-the-day","category-uk","category-vocals","category-world-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5424"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5424\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5429,"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5424\/revisions\/5429"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}