How to feel confused, amazed and everything between half in one listening. The first advance of the second length of Ralphie Choo, after the acclaimed ‘Supernova’, is an explosion of stimuli, melodies and charisma that could only have left the crazy head of the Madrid artist. ‘Pirri’ is the song of the day.
We thought that ‘D’A Love Trafficker’ represented the beginning of a new chapter for Ralphie, but it seems that it was a farewell. ‘Pirri’ does feel like a step forward, or several. The fact that this summer bop leaves at this point of the year is as disconcerting as its first listening. Perhaps due to its unpredictability, its changing structure or the eccentric interpretation of the artist. Precisely, all these aspects are those that make ‘Pirri’ a brilliant song.
The synthesizer loop that opens the subject is interrupted by luminous guitar chords, very eighties, and from that moment this becomes an accumulation of layers and melodic details that come and go. It is also one of the most fun and upset vocal executions of Ralphie, which not only tilted between the serious and the falsetto but also bets on a maximum extravagance, as something out of the beginnings of Futura Radio.
This is clearly seen in the numerous ad-libs that splatter the song, like that “Chiquitá!”, Or at the theatrical point in the delivery of some phrases. “I want to dance more, put together the silhouettes” or the marked pronunciation of “Forget the beautiful of the bar, modern girl” are clear examples. The rest of the letter is a summer dream: “I want to do everything wrong, today stars fall / run the sea breeze, wave my hair,” sounds in the first lines.
In ‘Pirri’, Juan Casado recruits some of his usual collaborators – Drummie, Sam Gold or Juan Arance – while he has the young talent of Teo Planell, who has just released album, and Tristán!. In the official video, Ralphie dresses up to become a rock star. The stage? Just the mirror of your room.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jw_gnv9fgnuhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gszxnffzvxq
