Greentea Peng Details A Liberating Spiritual Experience On "Spells"

Greentea Peng Details A Liberating Spiritual Experience On "Spells"


December 01, 2020

In celebration of her birthday, Greentea Peng has just dropped off the visuals to a previously unreleased single that carries its own personal significance for her. "Spells" is the story of how she learned to stop trying to fit in and just be herself. In a sense, it's the day she became Greentea Peng.

The track was originally written during the period she was working on her Sensi EP, released all the way back in 2018, but has now been given some visuals that pack the punch of a crisp early morning. Even more than usual, "Spells" is a hypnotising cut, built around a looping, jazzy melody and a mantra-like vocal delivery that pushes us to get to the core of who we are and connect with what's really important.

Explaining more about the track, she says, "On a lighter note, to end the year I release 'Spells' aka 'Beg Friend'. Written around Sensi times, I guess this one explores the idea of tribalism and the want/illusion or desire to please everyone, thus gain acceptance. The process of travelling through that and coming out of the other end rather comfortable in yourself.

"As someone who has struggled as a yute with wanting to 'fit in' this was kind of a final purge of that stage in my ego development. But also its about the idea of casting spells with negative language and behaviours we adopt and use about/towards our peers. Words are vibrations at the end of the day and it's called S P E L L I N G for a reason."



Words: James Keith


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