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Gunna Make You A Star

by Tropical Boyfriend Catalogue

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Kami Ivanova said: “Gunna Make You A Star is the saddest happy song Tropical Boyfriend Catalogue have written. I remember being in a class at uni when Zak first played me the demo. It was beautiful. The lyrics are humble and thoughtful but still positive. Looking at all that is good in your life and acknowledging everything the people around you have done for you. I loved recording the vocals for the track as there was a lot of space to glide through.”

Zak Lyons said: "Gunna Make You A Star began life as a jam along to David Essex's song Gonna Make You A Star. I had listened to the Chet Faker Song Exploder Podcast where Chet talks about the seed idea for his song Gold coming from playing and trying to cover David Essex's song Rock On. I thought that's a different way to start writing a song! So I put Gonna Make You A Star on and began playing my acoustic along to it. Once I had the guitar melody I turned David Essex off and quickly found words for the first verse and chorus. I love the vocal Kami recorded, she brought a lot of weight to the words. The vocal textures are gorgeous.”

lyrics

My life has been wonderful,
Through no fault of my own,
My canvas wouldn’t bear my moniker.
It would be adorned with names.

Who made it better,
For the days when I knew them,
Who made my life better,
For the days when I loved them,
For the days when I knew them,

m m m mm. m m m m mmm. m m mmm.

I’m going to make them a star,
That hangs in the sky,
The star wouldn’t bear my moniker.
It would be adorned with names.

Who made it better,
Greatest loves I ever had,
My stars black from names,
Of people who I loved,
For the days when I knew them,

ha haaaa, ha ha haaaa, ha haaaa, ha haaaaa,
ha ha haaaa, ha ha haaaa, ha ha haaaa,

Who made it better,
For the days when I knew them,
Who made my life better,
For the days when I loved them,
For the days when I knew them,

m m m mm. m m m m mmm. m m mmm.

My life has been wonderful,
Through no fault of my own,
My canvas wouldn’t bear my moniker.
It would be adorned with names.
Who made it better.
For the days when I knew them.
Make you make you make you a star,
For the days when I knew them.
Make you a star.

credits

released November 6, 2020
Kami - Vocals
Brandon - Backing Vocals
Zak - Guitar & Mix

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Tropical Boyfriend Catalogue London, UK

A UK based Indie Pop Band, consisting of members Kami Ivanova (vocals, guitar), Zak Lyons (guitar, keys), Craig Medlin (guitar) and Adam Thomas (bass).

Whilst at University, Ivanova, Lyons
became friends and quickly began writing and playing music together. The bands DIY approach to writing and recording has left them with a busy release schedule for 2020 whilst touring the UK. ... more

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