- 2023-06-15
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MUSIC
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Grace Carter Premieres New Song “Riot” on BBC Radio 1
London-based singer-songwriter Grace Carter premiered a new song “Riot” on BBC Radio 1's Future Sounds with Clara Amfo.
The song is third single off of her upcoming sophomore EP “A Little Lost, A Little Found”, which is set to be released on July 21, 2023.
It was written by Grace Carter, Fabienne Holloway, Fabienne Holloway, and Justin Parker. Produced by Rich Cooper and Mark Wilkinson.
Grace Carter told Clara Amfo about the song, “This song is super important to me. And it's really important that it's hard. It's a song I made in 2020. About George Floyd and the injustice that we witness is not about the physical act of going out and writing. It's about the emotional fire that's ignited in you when you witness something wrong or you witnessed an injustice in general. And I'm just really grateful that you're playing this song. It means the world to me and I hope other people listen to it, stop and reflect. This is 'Riot'.”- Grace Carter shared about the song on social media, “Riot is a song that good friend of mine called Fabian started writing in 2014 when she witnessed the murder of Eric Garner it's a song that existed from that point up until 2020 where she sent it to me and it prove that between that time, so much has happened but nothing had changed and I think for me as an artist where I've been through so much I've gone through a lot of things. When I've come out the other end of it I've really had look in the mirror and think about what it is that I'm trying to do an artist, what my purpose is, what my intention is, what U want my music to tell people, what I want to use my music for and I think throughout everything there has to be a human rawness within the music. I want to use my voice to make a difference. This song is not about me, it's about something that really care about and I feel like injustice as a whole, whether it be George Floyd or anything else we witness in our relationships, friendships, when we have that firelet inside of us that makes us want to stand up and say no more. That's what this song is about. It's called Riot. I hope you like it.”
- source : BBC Radio 1
