The abrupt life changes always caught us off guard. A seemingly normal day might alter your life forever. “Unstable” starts with a luscious soundscape and laid-back beat. Smooth melodic vocal, vibing with the flow. The track took a gradual but sudden turn when the distorted alarm set off in the background: intensified rhythms and increasingly aggressive lyrics in a field of dissonance.  

Without notice, the rich, smooth, laid-back vocal has shifted into the complete opposite. The distorted alarm keeps on screaming in the background till the end. Like the way loss and trauma affects and haunts the living, nothing will ever be the same.  

“This song is dedicated to my brother, who passed a year ago via drug use. The name, the instrumentation, and the vocal all represent how things can be altered abruptly in life, which is what his death meant for all of his loved ones as it was so unexpected,” said Richard, “at the same time, it is also a homage to him as he always informed me of how I should always live fearlessly and with minimal regret. The lyrics are also a bit raunchy and aggressive highlighting things I try to hide in my music, but now I am bringing them to the forefront.” 

“Unstable” is a masterpiece with great emotional depth. Being one of the first openly gay rappers in St. Louise, Richard is setting off to challenge the misleading orthodoxy around sexual orientation and one’s skillset. “I want to prove that gay dudes can rap rap, “ he said.  

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