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Tavita Reyes

Aiga

Sings with her cousins on every track

style

  • pacific soul
  • island reggae
  • warm bass
  • ukulele
  • layered family harmonies
  • female alto
  • rich and grounded
  • sunlit production
  • new zealand accent
  • pacific inflection

the numbers

bpm
172
key
F major
energy
0.72
dance
0.96
valence
0.42
vocal at
7.5s
length
2:12
language
En

lyrics

(mmm, mmm)

Sunday hall, plastic chairs, the same three hymns
My cousin sings the harmony I taught her when she was six
Now she's better than me and everybody knows
(everybody knows)
That's how it should go, that's how it's meant to go

They ask me why I don't go solo
(go solo)
Because a voice alone is just a voice

Aiga, aiga
Everything I have was given
Aiga, aiga
And everything I make goes back

Auntie says the album needs more Jesus
Uncle says it needs more bass, they're both right
I put the bass in first and prayed about it after
(prayed about it after)
Nobody's complained yet, nobody will

(unaccompanied harmonies, six voices)
Aiga... aiga...
(bass slides back in, warm)

Aiga, aiga
Everything I have was given
Aiga, aiga
And everything I make goes back

(aiga...)