Have you ever been so sick and feverish and bone-weary that your body screams out for something, for anything, to bring you back to life? For Things Change, that something was an orange, juicy outside. And out of that craving came a song, "Juicy Boom," his new single, coming in, slipping in like a whisper and detonating like a fruit cart on fire.
Penned in a haze of sickness, "Juicy Boom" is a fever dream of a fruit ritual. Things Change full of biters and dehydrated dreams dreamt the tune when they were not yet musical creatures. That surreal origin story beats through the track, which initially sneaks up with a tender touch, like how a sore throat slowly starts before blooming into a lush, citrus-streaked crescendo.
The production is disorienting and euphoric, which makes everything feel like it is drifting between sleep and waking up. The beat sneaks in, with sly, baby-step synth work and coy textures, before ascending slowly and inevitably into an overripe burst of melody and rhythm. You can practically taste the orange when the chorus comes. It is music for the senses, not just the ears.
"Juicy Boom" is irresistible because it was born in a very personal place and wasn't for the trends. It was made out of necessity, coming into the world only because its maker required it to. That emotional honesty is evident throughout, lending the track the quiet urgency that will sit with you long after it ends.