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Mai Tran

ROOFTOP LAUNDRY

Works in her family's pharmacy and writes between customers

style

  • vietnamese synth pop
  • city pop influence
  • warm analog synths
  • funk bass
  • female soprano
  • sweet and wistful
  • humid nostalgia
  • neon
  • vietnamese accent
  • golden

the numbers

bpm
129
key
C major
energy
0.66
dance
0.94
valence
0.60
vocal at
9.8s
length
2:46
language
Vi

lyrics

(sheets snap in the wind)
Golden hour does overtime up here.
(em oi...)

White sheets sail on the rooftop line
Your silhouette waltzing through mine
We dance between the dripping rows
Soap and sun — the whole block glows
(mot, hai, ba!)

Clothespins holding up the sky
Your laugh unpinning my reply
(oi, oi)

Spin with me, spin with me
Through cotton walls that come and go
Spin with me, spin with me
Em oi, the evening's ours, you know
(spin, spin)

Your mother's ao dai, a flag
For the country of this rooftop slab
The rice downstairs is almost done
Steam and dusk becoming one
(ve nha, ve nha)

Spin with me, spin with me
Through cotton walls that come and go
Spin with me, spin with me
Em oi, the evening's ours, you know
(spin, spin)

When the first cold drop says run
We grab the line and laugh as one
Armfuls of clouds smelling of soap
Racing down the stairwell slope
(nhanh len!)

Spin with me, spin with me
Through cotton walls that come and go
Spin with me, spin with me
Em oi, the evening's ours, you know
(spin, spin)

(the last pin clicks)
(em oi... ve nha)
ROOFTOP LAUNDRY — Mai Tran · FERAL