This week’s up and coming artist is 19 year old GIE who comes from Stone Mountain Georgia, and has been inspired to make music a mere two weeks ago by artists such as Kota the Friend, Elton John and Mac Miller.
His new single ‘bullshit’ is light hearted in nature, starting off the track with a quiet, melodic mumbling reminiscent of Mac Miller’s ‘Best Day Ever’ era.
“No matter what I say or do
Baby girl know that I love you
Even with the bullshit that you do”
GIE croons during the chorus. The lyrics are certainly not at a Taylor Swift level of romantic lyricism , but their simplicity goes well with the ditsy backing accompaniment. You can clearly hear the influence of Mac Miller ring through the husky vocals and overall timbre.
“All this time we had together cause its super sweet
I wish I could play back on repeat
Every hour every second every fucking day
All the other h*es just get in the way”
Breaks into a brief rap after the chorus, which again, did not have the most original lyricism, but was quite listenable and pleasant on the ears. I would’ve recommended exploring the rap segment on this song a bit more, and contrasting the sound of the rap and the singing more to divide the song up.
Since this is one of GIE’s first tracks I see a lot of potential for him finding new inspiration for his lyrics, as well as branching out and exploring different styles and melodies. The Mac Miller influences are eminent, and if coupled with some interesting lyricism, could make for some chart topping tracks in the future.
Overall rating: 6/10
You can now listen to ‘Bullshit’ as well as other singles by GIE on soundcloud https://soundcloud.com/hunter-giella-442244198/bullshit
Follow GIE on instagram: @thr33gie
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