A track that feels like a romantic late-night movie getaway, is ‘Cleopatra’ by Yungwall. The song is part of the thirteen-piece album, ‘The Diary of Julius Caesar’, and is filled with introspective lyrics and jazz sensibilities.
The track opens with a low electric guitar strum that pulls the song forward throughout. The electronic synths create an air that feels classy and elegant. It’s the kind of song you’ll hear in a bar, right before a special someone walks in with the intention of changing your life– very cinematic. The song plays beautifully with tension, as the verses are restrained and the chorus feels like a climax – almost as if the knowledge about what was going to happen was there from the very beginning, we just couldn’t see it clearly enough.
The song feels almost like a rant, a memory being told out loud, so it has a witness and some grounding in reality. The vocals are sometimes smooth and sharp, as we see in the verses, and sometimes they are oozing with emotion, as we see in the chorus. The lyrics capture the thrill that the protagonist feels during a fierce infatuation. They are deeply narrative, and there is a lot of subtext that goes on underneath, which only gets clearer with repeated listens.
It’s a track you’ll keep coming back to, because hearing it once is not enough. You can listen to the track ‘Cleopatra’ by Yungwall on popular platforms like Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, and YouTube.
