#leo ep

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“I will let Brady push the button (...) Did you turn it off? I don’t think you did”

So while I was watching FB live, the whole time I was smiling. It’s funny (or not) but David makes my life better! I’m so grateful for him and his music. He’s an amazing artist and I’ll always support him :)

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david talks about writing i’m ready and explains why someone else is singing at the end of the song. 

you need to hear this story. it is simultaneously beautiful and heartbreaking. 

(sorry the audio & video track went a little off sync during upload!)

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BIG OL’ LEO EP FEELINGS POST!

So. If you follow me on tumblr then you obviously know that David Archuleta released a new EP on Friday. I meant to make a post over the weekend but real life happens so here I am with all my feelings on Monday night! Honestly maybe it’s a good thing though because I’ve been listening to this EP so much the past 4 days and I honestly love it even more now. Like. How is that possible. Anywayyyyyyy let’s get to the good stuff! I’m including YT links below each song for ease of accessibility and ease of falling completely in love!

1. Other Things in Sight

Oh lo. This song. I never thought David would write a kiss off song but that’s totally what this is. He’s so calm about completely ripping someone. HA. I am crying with joy inside at how much I love love love this song and this side of David coming out in his writing. What’s so amazing is he’s totally telling off people who try to control him but he’s also got this jam that’s so freaking funky and singing like melted butter I don’t even understand. He’s so smooth in this that I didn’t even realize how much he was slaying until I wrote out the lyrics. Like. Boy you are the kindest sweetest savage I’ve ever seen in my life and I am full of admiration at your skills. Also the beat on this song is insane and delicious.  all you seem to say is get serious got me curious who it is that you think you’re talking to think you’ve got control like a hypnotist that’s ridiculous you gotta let go cuz this is not your life it’s not your call to make this time 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥  i just wanna little more breeze a little more ease a little less people i can’t please got other things in sight in mind give me a little more faith little more space little more room for my mistakes i’ve got other thing in sight, other things in sight in mind

I had to stop myself because honestly I’d just like to lyric quote the entire song lmao. I think this might be my favorite song on the EP. It’s so hard through because there’s not a single weak song in the bunch. This one is definitely my jam though. I cannot willnot ever get over the vibe. Amazing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIVfof_CRC0

2. Someone To Love

The first time I heard this song and he went into the oooooooooo section (you’ll know once you listen lol) I was like....what. It took me so off guard. I was off balance and I didn’t know what to think but the second time I listened I was ooo-oooing along and much to my surprise this is the song I’ve found myself singing unconsciously when I’m just living life. I think that lady in the produce section especially appreciated it on Saturday night.

feels like a deep breath  feels like a good rest when you come to find it’s not all about you i needed a jump start hooked up to this heart i needed to wake up and break out from this old point of view

LOVE. Why does David write the lyrics to my heart. Also the acoustic version of this song is straight fire. It made me fall in love with it even more.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eY1YUFLG7ow

3. I’m Ready

Put on a pair of headphones and fall into this one. David has been performing this in concert since last year so before the EP came out I was like yeah we’ve heard it before, what are the other 3 songs. But then. Then. I heard this studio version of I’m Ready and it’s so transcendent. I can’t even explain, you just need to listen with your ears and heart open. That final bridge where he’s singing way highhhhhh up to the heavens omg the first time I heard that I got tears in my eyes. And then when Annie came on at the very end I had tears on my face. Before this was released I had no idea that she was such a huge part of this song and it gives me so many feelings to hear her there. When she sings stay next to me and I know what happened to her I’m just...man. It’s just very powerful. And a beautiful tribute to her. This one is 100% love.

i’m ready for change i’m not afraid to lose and leave it all behind and i know that i can’t see around the bend but if i let you in i know i’ll be alright

cuz when i get there who knows how it’ll end but i know i’ll get there

If you don’t know the story, condensed version: Annie is a good friend of David’s who felt strongly that he should not give up on I’m Ready. He was stalled on it and had it on the back burner for years. Annie gave him ideas and encouragement and worked with him on it and he finished it. Annie never got to hear the final product though because she fell and was killed while hiking in Oregon last year. She was alone and it took weeks of searching before she was found. David spoke with her family and asked if they were ok with him adding some vocals Annie had recorded while helping him work on the song. That’s what you hear at the end. That, and the sound of my tears falling. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZYsXo_gHmw

4. Spotlight Down

This is the most David song ever made. He’s so honest and forthright in singing his truth here. It’s like a song version of his journey from age 16 to 26. It makes me so happy that he had the courage to take his life back to where he could live it as David. I don’t know if that even makes sense but yeah. 

i was running hard and fast on someone else’s highway but that can’t last i was counting the days to singing solo songs that know my heart this is where i start i can’t live a life on display watching every move that i make this world’s not a stage it’s been remade  scenes were moving too fast waiting for the curtains to crash i’m standing now spotlight down.

This guy. He sings his soul, his vulnerabilities, his realities. I admire that courage so much. At times you hear a little shakiness in his voice and you can tell he feels everything when he sings it but then you also hear his strength and it’s one of the most pure beautiful things in this world.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoKEUGrZjKs

Whew. You guys. This whole EP is amazing. If you haven’t listened yet, I can’t encourage you enough to check it out. It’s David’s heart and soul in musical form. Please support his amazing talent. Here’s the places you can get his music:

Buy Leo: iTunes Amazon Stream Leo: Spotify Apple Music

finis.

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listen. we have not talked at all about the acoustic performances that david did during the FB Live and that is a true crime because they are DY-NO-MYTE.

here’s a clip i’m fully obsessed with from the song other things in sight. or otis, as i like to affectionately call him. i’ve listened so much we’re on a nickname basis now. like. yeah. i’m pretty sure otis owes me dinner because we’ve been going steady for days now.

full acoustic song full studio song full fb live video

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Press release about David’s new EP with quotes about each song. My favorite:

“I wanted to politely say to back off and let me grow up.” 😂 🙌

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YOU GUYS YOU GUYS YOU GUYYYYYSSSS. The new EP is available for preorder on Amazon and it has snippets!!!!!!!! Go check them all out but I’m already obsessed with this one I CANNOT STOP REPLAYING IT.

my attempt at lyrics:

{start snippet}  ...let go,  cause this is not your life it’s not your call to make this time i just want a little more breeze a little more ease a little less people i can’t please got other things in sight in mind give me a little more faith a little more space a little more room for my mistakes got other things in {end snippet}

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