His anger and compassion are balanced on a knife-edge. We think of her again when Dave raps about people urinating on nightclub toilet seats, without thinking of the cleaners who will shiver at small-hours bus stops on their way to come and wipe up those clubbers’ messes. On “Heart Attack”, he raps: “I was in intensive care when I was born, mummy fell down the stairs/ Whether I was gonna live or not was somethin’ uncertain/ I used the word ‘fell’, with the commas inverted.” Later we hear directly from his mother, wracked with pain, as she recalls arriving in England from Nigeria, not yet 20.
His single mother’s struggle to raise him and his heartbreak over his older brother’s involvement in gang violence were addressed on Psychodrama. He continues to divulge home truths now with a remarkable level of empathy and self-awareness, seeing the wider social divisions reflected at street level. During a FaceTime, Zimmer reminded the struggling rapper: “We’re all alone in this together.”ĭave has already shared insights into his upbringing in Streatham, where the “main way to provide for your kin/ Is in a flick blade, little push-bike and a SIM”. The rapper had studied the composer’s work as a teenager, eager to learn how the 63-year-old German had created sonic worlds he could “get lost in”. It was during filming that Zimmer gave Dave his new album title. But during that time he still managed to collaborate with film composer Hans Zimmer on the soundtrack to David Attenborough’s Planet Earth: A Celebration. By clicking Accept All Cookies, you agree to the storing of cookies on your device to enhance site navigation, analyze site usage, and assist in our marketing. He must also have felt the pressure to repeat the Mercury/Brit/Ivor Novello-scoring success of his 2019 debut, Psychodrama. The 23-year-old born David Omoregie apparently suffered from writer’s block during lockdown.
But it’s the spine-tingling, emotional frankness and battle for decency that swells the heart and boots your guts into the back of the net. The classically trained pianist has more than enough vocal dexterity and electric energy to thrill the bones on a sonic level. Like the heroes of the England team, Britain’s most skilful rapper identifies as “a young black belligerent/ Child of an immigrant, lifestyle frivolous”. “I feel like a footballer when I’m makin’ my art/ Through ball, how I’m managin’ the weight of the past,” raps Dave on his second album.
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