Young And Dumb

Young And Dumb.
It's a tale of exactly what's on the tin. It's me being young, dumb, stupid, frustrated and the rest.
This song was written back in 2022 after sustaining a knee injury that put me out of football (which I loved but wasn't very good at) for a full season, sadly something I haven't yet returned to properly. This was my way of letting all that go, sprinkled with some grit gathered up from the couple of years we'd all been through before.
Since writing this song I've become less young, even became an adult, but have still been very dumb on many occasions since and I think that may be here to stay!
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The themes of 'the rich staying rich and the poor staying poor' run through society as we know it and these concepts fuelled 17-year-old me into taking this onboard with the song after the mess that was 2020 and 2021.
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The song started life as most of my songs do, an acoustic guitar and vocal arrangement, before taking it to my good friend Jason Odle at Developing Sounds. We switched it up from acoustic to electric, put another 3 or 4 guitars on for good measure, added some mega drums and a blaring synth and we ended up with the track as we know it today.
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I remember leaving the studio and cranking up the volume in my first car to listen to the demo. This was back in March 2023 when I was still studying for A-Levels at sixth form and I remember being so happy with what we'd created. The car I don't have anymore due to another event of me being young and veryyyy dumb, but that's a story for a different time.
The song and video were both so fun to create, a huge thanks to Jason for your never-ending help in and out of the studio and (in no particular order) to Tyler Carter, Tom Hickey and Jack Hobbs for starring in the video, I hope to work with all of you legends more in the near future.
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The support thus far on the track has been amazing, thank you to every single person who has listened to it so far!
More music to come in 2024...
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Leo x

Behind the scenes of the Young And Dumb Video shoot. Pictured: Tom Hickey - Left, Jack Hobbs - Centre, Tyler Carter - Right

The legend himself, Mr Jason Odle. Getting prepped for the video shoot!
