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Sombat Chai

I FLATTENED MY VOWELS

From the northeast, moved to the capital, and plays village music at 3am club sets

style

  • molam
  • luk thung
  • electronic
  • khaen reed
  • phin lute
  • driving synth bass
  • male tenor
  • nasal and rhythmic
  • hypnotic and modern
  • thai accent

the numbers

bpm
129
key
A# major
energy
0.73
dance
0.95
valence
0.51
vocal at
1.3s
length
2:48
language
Th

lyrics

(my vowels)

I practised in a room in Bangkok when I was nineteen
Saying my own name until it stopped sounding like home
Eleven years of a flat city voice on top of mine
And I did it well enough that nobody ever asks

I flattened my vowels (my vowels)
On purpose, my vowels
Every day, my vowels
My vowels

I flattened my vowels, my vowels, I flattened my vowels
And then I put the khaen on at three in the morning
I flattened my vowels, my vowels, I flattened my vowels
Because the dark lets me be from where I am from

The girl who cried at the booth went back and said nothing.
I judged her for about four seconds and then I remembered
I have been doing the same thing in a louder room for eleven years.
(KICK SLAMS BACK)

I flattened my vowels, my vowels, I flattened my vowels
And then I put the khaen on at three in the morning
I flattened my vowels, my vowels, I flattened my vowels
Because the dark lets me be from where I am from

(at three...)
I FLATTENED MY VOWELS — Sombat Chai · FERAL