Australian up and coming artist Oliver Kirby, better known as LOVER, has just announced the release of his debut EP with a groovy and cosy track titled “Starving”. Co-produced by long-time collaborator Tanssi and Gold Coast trio daste, the song reproduces the intimacy of a velvet club with its lounge R&B vibes. Although the arrangements sound comforting, the lyrics of the track are not as soothing as they enlighten the struggles of being a new artist trying to make a living from his music. In his own words:

[su_quote]Lyrically I was thinking about music and the struggle in pursuing, not being able to afford groceries – the classic starving artist cliché. The lyric “I’m starving in front of friends, but they eat anyway” is meant to be a personal aphorism; that even if I’m doing all this artist stuff, my friends and family deep down don’t really care – so don’t take it too seriously and just have fun with it. I get so stressed and anxious about stuff that in the end no one really cares about, and won’t matter.[/su_quote]

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