While Jones can already boast an illustrious career in dance which allowed him to tour the world before he could legally drink, it was only ever an incidental expression for his love of music. As he walks away from the studio, it signifies the end of Jones serving another’s vision as he finally takes command of his own.
FELIX THE 1ST OWN BRAND FREESTYLE LYRICS TV
The visuals, inspired by cheesy American sitcoms, sees Jones storming around the TV set, throwing himself in and out of character with whiplash-inducing speed, batting away makeup brushes before losing his temper, booting a crewmember in the face to the live audience’s horror. But the release of his third single, “2WARDROBES”, marks the introduction of a long-awaited new flavour.
With a viral hit under his belt and an escalating community of followers hungry for his next move, until now, Jones has been willing to let them wait. He fires on all cylinders with razor-sharp wordplay, wit and intertextual comedy, and never misses. A beat, for FelixThe1st, is an irresistible game to be played bars come tumbling out of his mind equal in energy to his movements. And another thing: with his background as an Urdang-trained dancer who has executed choreography for the likes of Stormzy, Years & Years and the Spice Girls, his command of rhythm is as good as god-given. When Jones steps into the world of Felix, his face is always inked in warpaint, with sharp swirls of black lending a sinister air of theatre to his unhinged performances.
FELIX THE 1ST OWN BRAND FREESTYLE LYRICS MAC
Bathed in a garish violet light, he brandishes a water gun, his entire hand sheathed in a silver bracelet that that mimics an exoskeleton, as he and Mac vie for the lens’ sweet spot.īut some things never change. With a criminally infectious beat served up by Finch Fetti paired with off-the-cuff bars fuelled by a bottle of Sainsbury’s brand rum, the track shone through the TikTok algorithm to sweep almost 80 million Spotify streams. Then, there is the Felix you may have met before: the architect of “Own Brand Freestyle”, an experiment with fellow rapper, dancer and close friend Dreya Mac. Awash in “vigilante punk” visual extremes, he invites havoc as he tears through the heart of London, primed to curb-stomp the camera with his Nikes. There is the Felix of “PSL (Please Say Less”), his debut single last year. Unpredictable is exactly it – you’ll never catch the same shade of FelixThe1st twice. He froths with energy, making everything seem easy like an invitation, and yet unsettling and unpredictable like a dare. The streets become his playground: he jumps, with feline ease, onto a lamppost, whirling around it and flashing a wide, manic grin. To perform is his royal prerogative and his greatest delight.
0 kommentar(er)
