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21st Century Man

by The Upsiders

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In our next single, Kenny enters a world of confusion and mixed messages as he takes to the internet and dating applications in search of a genuine human connection. Join us as we help Kenny come to grips with the realisation that it is complicated living a 21st Century Man.

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Are you tired of technology?
Take a break from the text maybe just talk to me
Swipe by in a new direction
I just want a human connection

(ooh wow)
Painting a picture of perfection and perceiving prophetic.
A second glance, break the trance
And I’m feeling pathetic
Stay awake, eat your greens
Everybody under thirty living life off a screen
Raise a drink, “chin chin”, stumbling in (ooh)
Get off the phone, they never known just where we been
I don’t give a damn if it’s dirty or clean
Just need a sense of direction
And now we’re making a scene

There’s a new application
Posing for pictures, prepare the station
Now I do what I can
It’s complicated living as a 21st century man

Swiping outta left field
Gonna catch a feeling
Stop this degradation
All I want is conversation now

Taking my anxiety and turn it into money
Just because you call it banter doesn’t mean that it’s funny
Send a “GIF”, a “JIF”? I don’t care
How can I have a conversation when you're up in the air?
I wanna just call
But there’s a paywall
And the feeling that it isn’t fair

There’s a new application (I’m breaking down)
Intoxicated by the digital nation (Gotta turn it around)
Now I do what I can (I do what I can)
It’s complicated living as a 21st century man

Swiping outta left field
Gonna catch a feeling
Stop this degradation
All I want is conversation now

There’s too many signs, oh
Constantly reading in between the lines
I do what I can (I do what I can)
It’s complicated living as a 21st century man
21st century

Ooh, turn it off or turn me out, yeah

Oh, swiping outta - left
Swiping into left field
Gonna catch a feeling
Stop this degradation
All I want is conversation now (21st)
Swiping outta left field

credits

released September 4, 2020
Written by Callum Maciver

Performers:
Callum Maciver: Vocals and Vocoder
Nathan de Broize-King: Piano and Synth Bass
Joe Taylor: Bass
Ryan Middleton: Percussion
David Heywood: Guitar
Jaque Durrant: Trumpet
Bill Cameron: Saxophone

Production
Matt Cotterill: Producer and Sound Engineer
John Braddock: Mastering Engineer
Recorded at Flipside Studios, Coventry

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The Upsiders Coventry, UK

The Upsiders are ‘fun’ personified. All having met at university, The Upsiders are friends who just want to invite you along to their party. Never boxed in by their musical style or genre, their versatility knows no bounds, with songs in the style of funk, disco, pop and from all corners of the universe. ... more

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