"He laughs as he confesses and puts his mild delirium down to a day spent being kissed by the first sunshine of the season in Melbourne, where he moved to from London a few months ago while the Australian city was at its winter peak. "The sun has finally started showing in Melbourne after what has felt like a really long winter," he says. "So I've just been, like, soaking it in.""
"You can feel the sun on Becoming You, his new three track EP, despite the fact the bulk of it was written while still under London's gray haze. It's a sound Johnston has cultivated since his debut EP cosy in 2019 (on which "soaking up the sun" is one of the track names). His music pirouettes in your ears, and leaves life just that bit brighter than it was three minutes earlier."
"Becoming You is his first EP in two years. Life's changed a lot in that time. He needed to catch his breath. The bitesize project "is all about change and being on a very fast moving journey," he says from his new Melbourne apartment. Locational change, yes, but also romantic relationships ending, parental relationships changing, and his experience of beginning to transition in late 2022."
BB Sway's Becoming You EP is a three-track record that channels sunlight and change after a move from London to Melbourne. The songs were largely written in London but reflect the relief and warmth of Melbourne's first sunshine. The music features lo-fi, airy production with twinkly strings, ethereal vocal distortions, and a contrast between winsome hooks and tougher lyrics. The EP follows earlier work including cosy (2019) and Pearl (2021). The project responds to major life shifts: relocation, ended romantic relationships, changing parental dynamics, and the artist beginning gender transition in late 2022.
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