Mele
Halekaahiwa
Prodigal kekahi

Photo by Alex Kumuis
Nā hua'ōlelo e Zachary weg
Hānauʻia ma ke kakahiaka o ka millennim hou, He iwakāluakūmākahi mau makahikiʻo London Halekaahiwa ua aneane kokoke i konaʻanoʻanoʻano mele-aloha nui i ka mea e hana ai i ke ola hou: ʻikeʻike a me ka hoʻokele aloha a me nā hauʻoli maikaʻi loa a me ke aloha wahine a me ke aloha'ōpio. Ma waena oʻelua mau eps a me kekahi mau mele, Ua hoʻokūpaʻaʻia nā mākekeʻo Paris. Hiki iā ia ke pena i kahiʻano pili me ka nānāʻana i ka manaʻo novelistic akā huki hou i ke kaniʻana i kaʻeha o kahi hanauna holoʻokoʻa. E like me ka makeʻana o Iēhova i kekahi mau makahiki i mua He koa pure kekahi (2013), Lawe mai nā mākeke i nā mea hoʻolohe i ka pāʻina, wehe i ka hopohopo lightking, a hāʻawi hou i kahi bale maikaʻi no lākou e hoʻomehana mai ka mahana mai.
ʻO ke poʻo inoa i ka hoʻokuʻuʻana i kāna hoʻokuʻu mua, Kaumaha kaumaha (2018), e wehewehe ana i nā'ōpio "e pepehi ana i ka manawa a nalowale i kā mākou uku uku" Akā ke'ōlelo neiʻo ka mea aloha aloha nui, mamua o lalo, ʻO kēia mau'ōpio pilikia, e kū ana ma waena o lākou i ko lākou mau acest. E like me kekahi o kāna mea punahele punahele, Alii krule, Hele wāwae nā paka ma kahi hina hina ma luna o ia mau jazzy, nā mele manu lima lima "ʻO ka'ōpala Romantic" akā, paʻaʻo ia i ke kūlanakauhale kokoke i kona puʻuwai. E like me kāna'ōleloʻana ma o ka leka uila maiʻEnelani, "Ke ulu nei ma Ladana i hōʻikeʻia iaʻu i ka nui o nā mea hoʻoikaika, he nui o nāʻano likeʻole o ke kanaka, a hoʻonuiʻia i koʻu mau papa. ʻO nā mea nui a pau i hanaʻia mai iaʻu i hele ai ma Ladana."
Inā hōʻoluʻoluʻo ia i kahi hoaaloha ma o ka haze o ke kaumaha ma ke ala folk, "Mele aku o kainoa" mai kona Sophomore ep, Sophie (2019) a iʻole e hele ana me kahi mea hana i ka "Kāleka Kūlana" ma ka r&B-tinged single, "'Īlioʻeleʻele," E kū mai nā mākeke ma keʻano he'ōlelo aʻoaʻo iʻike nuiʻia i loko o kāna mau makahikiʻelua ma ka Honua. ʻOiai he nui o kānaʻano mele, nā mea i hanaʻia mai Nina Simone iā Elliott Smith, ua culled mai YouTube a me kona lapalapa o ka makua, Lawe mau ka mele mele i kahi leka uila me ia aʻo ia kahi kiʻi kiʻi kiʻi o kāna mau wahi.
"Ua huki mau wau i ka manaʻo nui loa, NA MEA," Ua weheweheʻo ia, cinging pat Allent Ginsberg, E like me ka hoʻoikaikaʻana. Nā Kūlana Manaʻoʻo Parks, i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, nui loa i nā kiko'ī, e like me a "t-shirt i ka ua" Mai ka Meshell Ndegeocel-esque "Cola" a "petals e ka loko" Ma ke mele wikiwiki, "George." ʻO kēlā me kēia kākauʻana i kahi mea e pili ana i keʻano cinematicatic i loaʻaʻole iā ia e like me nā mea'ē aʻe me nā mea'ē aʻe ma mua o ka radiohead, he kanaina "Hoka" Ua hāʻawi muaʻo ia i kahi ʻO ka hoʻomaikaʻiʻana o ka piano.
I ka manawa e nīnau ai i ka mea e hana ai i ke poʻo o ka hope, wahi a ia, "ʻO ka inoaʻo Thom Yorke, ʻoki a hopohopo. Me he hui pu, ʻO lākou nā mea likeʻole e neʻe ana ma waena o nā pale sonicʻokoʻa me ka maʻalahi." E hoʻolohe ana i nā mea e pili ana i ka manawa o kahi o ka hola o kona mele a i kēia mau mele, ʻO kekahi mau hiʻohiʻona e mālama iā ia iho he mea i hoʻololiʻia. Kaumaha kaumaha ʻO nā ala wale nō e hele nei i nāʻano mele mele likeʻole e like me ka popa dream, hi hi, jizz, a me Neo-uhane akā me ka maikaʻi o ka finesse. Hiki i kekahi ke manaʻo e lilo iʻano maʻamau o nā genres ma luna o ka hoʻopakeleʻana i ka debutt lp, Ua hina i ka lā hānau, ʻO ia ka makahiki i hala aku nei.
Ke kūkākūkā nei i ka album i kuhikuhi nuiʻia, Wahi a Parks e hana ana "ʻeha, loa, ikaika, a hele mai i loko o nā spike; E hōʻeha ka hoʻoikaikaʻana e like me ka uila uila, Aʻo wau e huhū nei i kēlā me kēia hope i haʻalele mai iaʻu a hiki i nā hola mua." E ukuʻia ka hana paʻakikī e like me nā māla a me nā paka he, ʻOiaiʻo kona wā'ōpio, ua hoʻohālikelike i kahi leo hauʻoli o kāna iho, ʻO ka melancholy lāuaʻo ka hauʻoli, ua kōkua ia, A e hoʻomau i ke kōkua, loheʻia i kēia mau manawa paʻakikī a no nā makahiki e hiki mai.


