Local artist Babylung announces the release date for his new song “Betrayal”. The music video will also be released on May 27th.

Self-described as “dedicated to capturing the authentic struggles of love and life of Gen-Z”, Babylung was raised in a family of musicians, singing in choirs and learning multiple instruments before he ultimately fell in love with rap and poetry. Babylung’s multiple talents in music really shine with his 90’s inspired neo-soul and R&B sound and I think his music has a really ageless quality to it that I think appeals to more than just Gen-Z. 

A couple of things I like about Babylung’s tunes are the luscious, multilayered music beds and his exceptional singing voice.  Whether he’s delivering more poetic bars or crooning with his signature tender vocals, you will want to hear more. Luckily he’s been active over the last couple of years and he already has two albums Theia Mania (2019) and Look What You Did (2017) out on services like Spotify and YouTube Music. Some of his earlier releases include “Toxic”, “Ride With Me” and “Aliyah’s Song” have been featured on some of Spotify’s Canadian R&B playlists, and back in December “Ride With Me” even made it on the platform’s “Best R&B of 2020 Canada” playlist. and you can find much more of his catalog on the platform. 

He also self produces through his own label “BabyLung Productions” and I admire the more DIY nature he and his generational counterparts are taking with production. I think that’s a neat thing about Gen-Z with regards to music is that they aren’t afraid to dive in and experiment with cross-genre sounds and styles, but they’re also seeing the importance of the backend parts of production, release, and utilizing the technology of today to get their stuff out there.

Also as someone from Surrey, I really like to see artists from my city getting out there and showing what they’ve got, and with the distribution powers of social media, it’s artists like Babylung that show how brightly we can shine.