How You Like Me Now by Frankie Venter
Tuesday recomendations are back!
August 2024
Hey Everybody… I’m kind of embarrassed to be writing here again because it has been so long. But the good news is that the sound scoop is back! I took a small (not so small) break and I am ready to hopefully give you all new additions to your playlists!
My new goal for this newsletter moving on is to recommend artists that I believe you have truly never listened to before because it’s never too late to discover a new artist.
This week we are starting with Frankie Venter, who appeared on my Instagram a couple of months ago and I have followed her music ever since. What caught my attention about her is that she is 17 and I truly enjoy seeing people my age being increasingly creative achieve such cool things!
Frankie is an artist based in New Zealand who has been releasing music for around 2 years, starting with her first release ‘10 times out of 9’ in October 2022.
Her decision to pursue music came after deciding to drop out of high school which was important to her now that as she mentioned in her interview with The New Zeland Herald: “I wasn’t good at focusing and it just wasn’t a really good environment for me ... I think now that I’m out, I’m much happier.” She is very lucky to be able to pursue her musical career with the support of her family and I hope she catches the eye of many more people and becomes a bigger star than she already is!
I will say it was difficult to choose one of her songs because they are all so awesome, but I decided on her most recent release “How You Like Me Now” released last Friday, August 9th. I was so very excited about this release as she teased it many times on her social media and made me just want to add it to my playlist asap!
This song has a very funky base that easy to vibe to, which is complemented by the use of playful lyricism to comment on, or more specifically as she described in an interview with NZ On Air: “making fun of” people her age. She comments on the new generation and the many clout chasers who ‘act like they don't give a f*ck’. Many elements in the instrumental also add to the mischievous meaning behind this song, keep out an eye for them!
Favorite Verse
“While you're putting on a show
it's funny,
you always wanna hold me,
but never wanna know me”
Please take your time to look her up on all social media, she is an artist you will want to look out for! (and on your way out hear the acoustic version of another one of Frankie’s songs LEYLA that I linked down below).
I’m glad to be back posting again every Tuesday, as it should be,
Have an awesome day everyone!
Lari <3
yay amazing
bello