RENTED OUT NOW
Fuck man, Rented, the first song off of my upcoming project ‘We Are Love’ is out now. Six months of hard work, inspired by lost, innocent love come together on this track. I promise y’all gon’ enjoy this one as much as I enjoyed working on it, it’s special for real. The best music I’ve made, ever.
Being able to give you a first glimpse into a project is unique, and I know Rented is the perfect start to this era. A song about change, about the melancholy of memory and the ease of youthful love. It touches the themes of the album in its own, beautiful way, while sounding distinct to the rest of the album. Definitely the most energetic of all of ’em, and I am happy to start with a clubby 4 to the fucking floor track. That’s where I come from. I want you making out with your crush raw, passionate, intimate.
As an independent artist doing all of this shit by my lonely, I had to re-learn that things take much longer than expected – writing, recording and mixing: finishing this album took the better part of 7 months. This evolution of Together, my last album, along with the singles that came in between, feels like the perfect end to an era of finding out who I am musically. I know, now.
I had to adjust, overcome: problems along the way, deal with delays that happen because of myself, nobody else to blame. That’s a tough spot to be in at times, I’ve made it through however, and I am forever grateful to myself for all that that. I kept pushing, dedication key, consistency key.
I spent last summer writing, lost in memory, the island and its laid back life aided in crafting the perfect lyric. Some time to think, some time to reflect, some time to space out, rethink and fuck- since my music is based on memory and melancholy: these times as essential. I watched leaves fall from my studio, recording, producing, crafting these sonic scapes, and winter was entirely spent perfecting these songs. Mixing, mastering, lost in details. Exploring different corners of these songs that I’ve been spending so much time with already and always discovering something new, something to perfect, something to change and adapt and push. Push to be adored. Push to be loved.
Rented Lyric Video
We returned to the island at the beginning of this year to shoot a music video for Rented which will be out in a couple of days on the 23rd. I am sooo fucking thrilled about it, it’s the best music video I’ve ever made. Just me, my man filming and the idea to create something beautfiul. We made that happen, you’ll see soon.
Rented as everything that I’ve been trying to achieve up to this point, I’ve never been more proud of something.
It would mean the world if you listen and share, be generous with your time and this track. I’ve spent an incredible amount of hours on this, I feel like it deserves some of yours. If you want to create content with it I would love to see it.
Save it to your liked songs on whatever platform you listen, put it into a playlist, share it with your loved ones, your hookups or your dates.
Thank you, I love you endless.
Much much more to come real real soon,
phlwest.
LYRICS
[Hook]
Sell all the shit that I got
Let these diamonds blind somebody else
Turn that dial counterclock
I want you the way we were then
The way we were then
[Verse I]
Remember you shotgun to Cannes
With that car rented
No license
Just to head to the sea
We were happy you and me
That luck was rented
I lost it to him once I returned the key
Now look
I got all this
And nothing feel the same without you
Can’t even love myself without you
Remember praying just ’cause you could
Now I pray ’cause I got to
And nothing feel the same without you
Can’t even love myself without you
[Chorus]
Sell all the shit that I got
Let these diamonds blind somebody else
Turn that dial counterclock
I want you the way we were then
The way we were then
This world was ours for a while
You and me was rented love
Love on rented time
Looking back we were blind
[Verse II]
Remember that sunshine at sea
There’s no view like cote-d’azur
Your skin so tan in a matter of days
I never been that jealous, no
Is there a way that could’ve been life
All tan, all gentle
Tan
Nothing feel the same without you
Can’t even love myself without you
[Verse III]
Now your rent paid in pussy
And I watch from afar through screens
That’s rented love, that’s rented love
And it’s nothing like it was
Nothing feel the same without you
Can’t even love yourself without me
Nothing feel the same without you
Can’t even love yourself without me
[Bridge]
You at the back of my mind
No matter how fast I go
There were no days off remember
There were no days on remember
We did what came to mind
That was the time of my life