Singer Elijah Rocq anticipates additional success with new single ‘There for You’
Singer and songwriter Elijah Rocq is anticipating new profession success when he drops his newest single There for You on all main streaming platforms later this fall.
The brand new single, described by Rocq as “Dancehall Afro- Soul infused with components of reggae ” is produced by Rocq himself and was recorded with Atlanta based mostly Pink Eye Media Studios.
In an period of feminine empowerment and better appreciation for the significance of ladies in our private lives and the broader society, Rocq believes the timing of the one is very vital.
“Nicely, I’ve at all times been a romantic at coronary heart,” says Rocq, born in Brooklyn because the sixth of 9 youngsters.
“However although these lyrics converse very a lot about how a selected girl grabs my consideration and actually blows my thoughts, I feel the tune speaks to a wider appreciation of the feminine gender. I take a look at the unimaginable summer time now we have had with our Reggae Girlz on the Girls’s World Cup soccer match and even what our Jamaican women simply achieved on the lately concluded World Athletics Championships held in Budapest- and I’m simply so very pleased with them.”
The Jamaican affect
The tune marks the newest milestone on a musical journey that started for Rocq a number of many years in the past rising up in his giant household, first in Brooklyn and subsequently in Jamaica, after his mom married his Jamaican stepfather and moved there when Elijah was 10 years outdated.
His mom’s love for music and her want to share it together with her youngsters, result in her giving them musical devices and turning her household right into a band.
“I can hardly keep in mind a time when there wasn’t music enjoying in the home,” he mentioned.
“And I grew up listening to the likes of Stevie Surprise, Donny Hathaway, The Chi -lites, Bob Marley, Peter Tosh and Metal Pulse, simply to call just a few. When my household moved to Jamaica, we settled in a small district within the hills of St. Ann. I can keep in mind working round barefooted, catching fish and fetching water and actually appreciating the pure habitat of the land. These pure sounds introduced candy melodies to my ears, and on account of that, even right this moment I compose my music psychologically.”
His love of singing lead him to performances at motels, household outings, weddings, and in the end, to the formation of his first music group, Entry, with a few of his pals throughout his teenage years. Together with one other member of Entry, he finally fashioned the group Two Soul and, figuring out of UB40’s studio in Oracabessa, St. Mary, they launched two songs- Freedom and Kumbaya, of which he stays very proud.
An invite to affix the Black Male Band from Kingston result in a chance to sing on the 2006 Air Jamaica Jazz and Blues Pageant and, fortuitously, at Nationwide Heroes Park with the nice Dean Fraser. It was then that he acquired the cellphone name that may in the end alter the course of his life and his profession.
“After seeing me carry out with Dean Fraser, the chief of the band Dwell Wya referred to as me and requested if I might be a part of them as their lead vocalist. It will grow to be a life altering alternative, as a result of after accepting their provide, I toured everywhere in the USA, Europe and Japan-literally seeing the world for the primary time. I had the glory of sharing the stage with legends corresponding to Marcia Griffins, Sanchez, Buju Banton, Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry, Sly & Robbie and Gregory Isaacs to call only a few. Working with Gregory Isaacs was nearly surreal as a result of I grew up listening to my mom play his music in our home, not understanding that in later years, I might finally meet him and really tour with him. And so I’ve at all times felt the necessity to pay respect and homage to my mom for her love of music, which primarily gave me my ardour and my profession.”
Rocq’s solo profession
In subsequent years, Rocq has gone on to have some success as a solo artist, with songs corresponding to We Should Go On, Guess You Didn’t Know and Inform Me What You Need which was launched final yr and distributed by V-pal information.
However he feels that the vitality round There for You simply feels completely different this time round.
“I simply suppose this explicit love tune will actually ring a bell with many individuals as an anthem of affection to girls and a form of therapeutic balm to gender relations whereas talking to what it means for girls to have the love and help of a terrific associate. We’re simply placing the ending touches on the one now and I can’t wait to see the way it’s acquired within the close to future. I actually do imagine it may very well be a significant success for me.”