Irish R&B singer-songwriter and television personality Zeinab releases new single ‘Swim Good’
- The singer was named in Hot Press Magazine’s ‘Hot for 2022’ list of emerging musical talent and Dublin Live’s ‘10 musicians set to make it big in 2022’;
- Frank Ocean-inspired ‘Swim good’ explores complex themes of romantic baggage, guilt and suicide;
- Single will be released on Friday, 10 March across all platforms;
- Zeinab comment: “‘Swim Good’ is a soulful, stirring and vulnerable ballad that erupts with distressed raw emotion”
Irish R&B singer-songwriter and television personality Zeinab, releases her first single of 2023, a soulful, stirring and vulnerable ballad that erupts with distressed raw emotion.
Zeinab’s soulful, powerful and velvet voice with deep bass and wandering guitars, take listeners on a deep journey. Listeners are transported to Zeinab’s deep emotional abyss, and eventual release.
Building on a breakout 2022
Zeinab’s music career gathered particular momentum in 2022. She was named Hot Press Magazine’s ‘Hot for 2022’ list of emerging Irish musical talent and Dublin Live’s ‘10 Dublin musicians set to make it big in 2022’. The singer-songwriter is also a presenter on Virgin Media’s ‘Six O’Clock Show’.
The single, her first of 2023, will be released on Friday, 10 March across all music platforms.
A therapeutic release
Reflecting on the song, Zeinab said:
“When I sing this it feels like an outer body experience. I’m taken away to a deep and buried place that’s just me, my thoughts and my heavy emotion. Feelings of not being enough, guilt for my sadness, trying to escape my anxiety (“Imma try to swim from somethin’ bigger than me”), and how nobody can pull me out of this pit of turmoil.
“The song explores the topic of romantic baggage, guilt and suicide. Lyrically, the song expresses a narrative about a person who, burdened with many failed relationships, ends their life by driving into the ocean. The track explores tropes of the tragic love story and suicide.
Frank Ocean-inspired
Originally by Frank Ocean, Zeinab fell in love with his music after the album ‘Channel Orange’:
“It was after this that I found Swim Good. It instantly struck a chord with me. This song spoke to me as at the time when I was struggling with my mental health. The song surrenders to sadness and pain, and singing it live has always had a therapeutic quality for me.
“My reason for stripping the song back is to let the lyrics speak for themselves. It’s an exposing vulnerable song and so I wanted my vocals to ring out in the hope that other listeners will relate and connect to it.
“Musically, 2023 is going to be a big year for me, and therefore it felt fitting that it would be my first single of the year.”
Hawk Jupiter collaborated with Zeinab as the producer on this track having previously collaborated on 2021’s track “Oasis’. Hawk Jupiter and Zeinab have been collaborating for a year, and have scheduled to release a number of further tracks in 2023.
Italian artist Massimo Simigliano created the single’s soul-searching artwork, with the vast ocean and the big orange moon, a nod to her favourite album Frank Ocean’s ‘Channel Orange’.
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