The Dublin artist Malaki has dropped his big new single ‘Long Face’ with a superb music video.
The video, directed by Tanner Gordon, who also directed the recent video for Malaki’s ‘Most Days’ is a an ambitious visual feast set to the song, which explores the inner dialogue and depression.
“Long Face” is an introspective dive into the mind of the character. For me it outlines reasons for the way I am and how I cope. The use of writing and music to speak about things I have locked away. It’s clarity from the fog. When we are in depressive states we become blinded by our pessimism and negativity. This is me stepping away from a foggy depression detailing the experience and how I can be better.
Watch the video here:
Malaki is still just 23 years old despite having released music since 2019.
The album Chrysalis was released in 2020.
I began this journey in 2019. I was 19 years of age and just out of a dark depression. I was a shell of a human clinging to any joy I could find. Fortunately, I had music and writing. I never really thought of myself as an artist. I just enjoyed writing songs. It wasn’t until I wrote the powerful spoken word epic “Call us by Our names” it spoke about the frustrations and anger I held in my mind at the time. Little did I know. Many people felt the same. Music gave me a reason to keep going. And the response to my first single gave me a reason to continue writing. Music has allowed me to not only travel the world and play incredible shows, but it has given me solace, Therapy and purpose. Every track I create I leave a piece of me within it. I hope you enjoy my art.”
