- 2024-11-15
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MUSIC
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Mahalia Premieres New Song “Pick Up The Pace” featuring Bayka on BBC Radio 1
British singer-songwriter Mahalia premiered a new song “Pick Up The Pace” on BBC Radio 1's New Music Show with Jack Saunders.
This time, she teamed up with Jamaican singer-songwriter Bayka on the track.
The song is follows up “Life Size” with Take A Daytrip, which was released in July.
Also, the track will appear on her upcoming third studio album.
She wrote the song in Jamaica. The track was written by BenjiFlow, Christion Forbes, Eric IV, Kemoy Allen, Mahalia Burkmar, Nevardo Newton, Nicholas Mahfood, Nnamdi Osave Robinson, Ronaldo Billings, and Savannah Jada.
Produced by Zimi Records. Accompanying music video was directed by Ben Cole.
Mahalia told Jack Saunders about the song, “It's just that i wrote this song in Jamaica. Absolutely unbelievable that, honestly, from morning to night, just magic. I think that the sonic and the production just, just like naturally changes how you kind of glide on things. I definitely was inspired differently logically, and I'm really proud of it all, because I feel like it is quite different to stuff that I've made before.”- She continued, “I think it was just about kind of allowing people to see kind of just like further into me, my history, my background, my tapestry, everything. And Jamaica is such a huge part of that. So it made sense for me to go there and create.”
She added, “I mean like as a kid, I think the one thing that I really always heard was reggae and dub throughout my whole childhood. So I think it also makes sense that when I heard the bass line on this record, I was like, I absolutely need to ride on this. This is absolutely my whole vibe.” -
She said of working with Bayka, “I mean Bayka is actually one of my favorite Jamaican artists right now. I think he's fantastic. I think his voice just feels so greasy and so kind of smoky on the record. And I just really like his energy.”
She said of Jamaica, “No working week, but then I feel like part of that really is what made it so inspiring all the time, because everybody was just up for it. Everybody like, you'd go out for dinner and the restaurants were full. People would be on the street. There are sound systems everywhere, there's dancing, there's music, there's drink. It was just such a beautiful vibe.” - source : BBC Radio 1
