Today Olmo reveals his standout new single ‘Dream Boat’, accompanied by a hypnosing hand crafted music video featuring the longest recorded flipbook, that stands at an impressive 1700 pages!
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Berlin-based, Italian singer-songwriter Olmo’s new single “Dream Boat” is about finding a way to keep your dreams afloat amid choppy waters, a sentiment that will surely resonate with listeners increasingly unsure about the future.
The endlessly playable offering carries a powerful reminder to not always take things on face value. Explaining further, Olmo shares: “Dream Boat is a cheerful song about being miserable. The joyous mood of the song contrasts the dark narrative to portray the difference we often experience between what we feel inside and what we display on the outside when we are in an emotional abyss. This is especially common in men, who in the name of appearing strong have been pressured by society to not show vulnerability or weakness, which results in an inability to talk about one’s emotions or asking for help.”
This music is about waking up from a slumber and finding a way to wade through the “oceans of doubt”, as Olmo transitions from confusion to smiles with a folk harmony that’s impossible not to hum back in unison.
Like Olmo’s best work, this is a song about growing pains and overcoming them to find your path in life. Its lyrics are more chanted than sung, but this results in a loose, self-empowerment anthem that should provide a shot of brightness at a time where there’s not much of it going around.
Olmo (Francesco Lo Giudice) studied violin throughout his bilingual upbringing in Rome and London before turning to electronic composition whilst at Bristol University studying music. After graduation Olmo decided on a move to Berlin. “Bristol was a formative experience for me, but it was time to move on,” he says. Long days busking on the streets of Berlin became the place to forge new friendships, and the experience proved furtive for his imagination – the Olmo project was born.
Last year Olmo took to writing, recording and producing new songs at his studio in Berlin, a room in a community art space (Artistania). The outcome is a body of work that consolidates his craft as a meticulous producer and careful songwriter, confronting pressing social issues of our time, exploring mental health, the male ego as well as the eternal mystery of love.
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