SINGLE REVIEW: ATEM S “Lift Off”

"Dance through life like everybody's watching. Then tomorrow, do it all over again." Atem S on “Lift Off”

Photo credit: Adam Smetana

“Lift Off” is infectious. It gradually uplifts your mood in an unnoticed yet significant way. It gently lifts up the sky that was pressing on your shoulder and allows you to breathe again. Cheerful and spirited, humorous in its own way, it breaks you out from the digital world we all seem to live in back to the way life used to be.

Twirling vocals and euphoric synth-scape, a bouncy bass swoops into your ear like a free agent dancing in and out of the crowds. There’s a sprinkle of magic in Atem S’s voice. Reflecting on social media’s influence on our daily life and how much we seem to function around “liking” other’s people’s pictures/videos instead of living our own, “Lift Off” invites you to take a break and rewind. It’s time to write your own stories.

“Lift Off” is fascinating the way their influences and unique auditory outputs seem so well intertwined together. Atem S and By Phoxy Music bonded over the love for music through the internet. Intrigued by their distinct musical influences and backgrounds, the two joins hand to explore possibilities and step into new territories.