Lotus

I wrote the song to myself, to remind myself to believe in myself.
This is especially important in the music industry, but important for everyone in everything they do.
Sometimes we doubt ourselves, it's important to believe in yourself, and that you will make it.

With this song, I wanted to replace singing vocals with saxophone, similar to a pop song where the vocalist sings the chorus with a rap breakdown. I originally wrote lyrics for the sax melody. So the sax is basically functioning as the singer.
The beat/track was created by me in Logic. I also used other programs like Reason. The guitar was recorded by Garreth Gittins from England.
The video was filmed on a cruise ship in Santorini, Greece and in Buenos Aires, Argentina. I had a lot of help with the filming from Brayden Kyle Clark from Calgary, Canada.

The Buenos Aires section I filmed myself. I got a friend Ella Virtanen from Finland to be part of the video and we filmed in front of La Flor in Buenos Aires and in the Japanese Garden. The city scenes I got by getting in a taxi and driving around the city in circles a few times.
I did all the video editing myself. The point of the girl was that there was something/someone mysterious that you never really get to see their face until the end.
I wanted to use different effects to try make the video a little psychedelic. The glasses are very John Lennon, which also reminds us to Imagine.
The second rap with filmed in my apartment. I wanted to line up the shots like a record scratching.

I hope you enjoy!
Here are the lyrics so you can read along

You’re gonna make it
You know that it’s true
You’re gonna make it so believe in you
I’m not trying to be a playing
I know what I’m a saying
I’m not coming of nothing cuz I know I’m something
You think you got it
I know that you got it
Guide in you and ain’t nothing can’t stop it
It’s all gonna come
So do it for the fun
Just let it go
Believe in You

Drive it like you stole it
Man just like I told ya
Take the world and own it
Ain’t nothing can control you
You begin to win, and you see it til the end
Follow what I’m saying, if you get it tell a friend
Losing without choosing it ain’t something that you want
Mind over matter, it’s like a deck of cards
Thinking and believing what you think is what will be
Follow all your dreams, let your mind be free

You’re gonna make it, you know that it’s true
You’re gonna make it, you know that it’s true
You’re gonna make it so believe in you
You’re gonna make it so believe in you
You’re gonna make it so believe in you
You’re gonna make it so believe in you