{"id":450770,"date":"2022-05-20T17:58:49","date_gmt":"2022-05-20T14:58:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/song-you-need-lucy-is-still-having-fun\/"},"modified":"2022-05-20T17:58:49","modified_gmt":"2022-05-20T14:58:49","slug":"song-you-need-lucy-is-still-having-fun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/song-you-need-lucy-is-still-having-fun\/","title":{"rendered":"#Song You Need: Lucy is still having fun"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a29501765fbd\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a29501765fbd\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/song-you-need-lucy-is-still-having-fun\/#%E2%80%9CSong_You_Need_Lucy_is_still_having_fun%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Song You Need: Lucy is still having fun&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/song-you-need-lucy-is-still-having-fun\/#The_incomparable_Cooper_B_Handy_premieres_the_video_for_%E2%80%9CRadiation%E2%80%9D_taken_from_his_new_three-song_EP_Devoted\" >The incomparable Cooper B Handy premieres the video for \u201cRadiation,\u201d taken from his new three-song EP Devoted.<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-5' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-5'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-5' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-5'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-5' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/song-you-need-lucy-is-still-having-fun\/#Lucy_Q_A\" >Lucy Q&amp;A<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CSong_You_Need_Lucy_is_still_having_fun%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Song You Need: Lucy is still having fun&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<h2 class=\"deck\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_incomparable_Cooper_B_Handy_premieres_the_video_for_%E2%80%9CRadiation%E2%80%9D_taken_from_his_new_three-song_EP_Devoted\"><\/span>The incomparable Cooper B Handy premieres the video for \u201cRadiation,\u201d taken from his new three-song EP <i>Devoted<\/i>.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"content_blocks\">\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-232994\" class=\"content_block paragraph video triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"video_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\" style=\"padding-top: 56.25%;\">\n<p>    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Lucy - &quot;Radiation&quot; (Official Music Video)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/u7psaYVz2p8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n \/\/trackYouTubeVideo('232994');\n<\/script><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-233007\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>            <i>The FADER\u2019s \u201cSongs You Need\u201d are the tracks we can\u2019t stop playing. Check back every day for new music and follow along on <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/playlist\/0IWgt0h2ZxDNV4iVMQaELL?si=0ba2fe8d4e0f4e0b\">our Spotify playlist<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-232995\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>            \u201cLucy reminds me I love music,\u201d The FADER\u2019s Duncan Cooper wrote in 2018, premiering the video for \u201cCAN YOU FEEL THE BEAT TONIGHT?\u201d I agreed with the sentiment then and I still do now. No other musical artist operates at quite the level of unfiltered irreverence that Lucy (aka Cooper B Handy) does while still projecting an unshakeable cool. No matter how many times he thanks us for listening to his songs, he never comes off as overly ironic or embarrassingly lacking in self-awareness.<\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>            Today, after a year of near-silence following the release of his studio debut, <i><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/lucyboyma.bandcamp.com\/album\/the-music-industry-is-poisonous\">The Music Industry is Poisonous<\/a><\/i>, he\u2019s sharing a three-song tape titled <i>Devoted<\/i> via Dots Per Inch and premiering the music video for it\u2019s first track, \u201cRadiation,\u201d with The FADER.<\/p>\n<p>            Each song on the new EP highlights a different production style in Lucy\u2019s expansive palette: \u201cDon\u2019t Worry\u201d sounds like something from his early years \u2014 sneakily hard-hitting automated drums soaking in GarageBand synths \u2014 whereas the slightly sleeker \u201cLast Dance\u201d employs an accepted payment sound as a sort of pedal point above a simple keyboard chord progression and booming, tonal percussion. But it\u2019s \u201cRadiation\u201d that takes the boldest <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>roach, centering a stadium guitar sample I feel so close to placing it\u2019s driving me nuts!<\/p>\n<p>            \u201cIt gets so relatable,\u201d he sings early on before hitting the track\u2019s familiar refrain: \u201cYou think this song is about you, don\u2019t you?\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dcporopat.wixsite.com\/dominicporopat\/about#!CONTACT\/c16fm\">Dominic C Poropat\u2019<\/a>s video recalls  an age where Lucy occupied a grittier, lower-fi aesthetic. Here, he dances on a farm, surrounded by chickens; stares into the camera in the side yard of the type of colonial home ubiquitous in his native Western Massachusetts; and twirls an umbrella in a cluttered bedroom, a vintage <i>Sports Illustrated<\/i> Swimsuit Edition on the end table tugging at the camera\u2019s attention all the while.<\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>            Listen to <i>Devoted<\/i> and read Lucy\u2019s conversation with The FADER below.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-232996\" class=\"content_block paragraph embed triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\">\n    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-radius:12px\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/1aH9JtsmHyOg1ElmeAudp2?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"380\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content_block paragraph triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-232997\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<h5 class=\"headline\" style=\"margin-bottom: 30px;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Lucy_Q_A\"><\/span>\n        Lucy Q&amp;A<br \/>\n      <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>            <b>The FADER: It\u2019s been just over a year since we last talked, right before The Music Industry Is Poisonous came out. How have you been?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>            <b>Lucy:<\/b> Been goood. Been busy with music and nature and some food service still too. Thanks for asking.<\/p>\n<p>            <b>The refrain of \u201cRadiation\u201d \u2014 \u201cyou think this song is about you, don\u2019t you?\u201d \u2014 im<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>tely brings to mind \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=j13oJajXx0M\">You\u2019re So Vain<\/a>.\u201d Are you a Carly Simon fan?<\/b><\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>            I\u2019m actually not super tapped into her catalogue, but I know she\u2019s a legend.  The line is definitely a reference to her song. She also chills on Martha\u2019s Vineyard so I rock with that. I feel like everyone knows that song whether or not they know her. Relatable track!<\/p>\n<p>            <b>These tracks all show off different sides of your production ability. Were they recorded around the same time or across a longer period?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>            Yes, they actually all were recorded around the same time. I wanna say six months ago or something like that. maybe a little longer. The first track uses a sample. The second track was done using a four track porta-studio. The third track is a more traditional keyboard\/drum programming for me, but I did use a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Tnmt4igP2Rs?t=10\">VeriFone card reader sound<\/a> recoded at Dunkin\u2019. The songs are all pretty different, that\u2019s why I wanted to put them together.<\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>            <b>I\u2019m especially enjoying the stadium guitar sample on \u201cRadiation.\u201d Can you reveal the source?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>            I won\u2019t reveal the source but I bet you\u2019ve heard the song that it\u2019s from before. It is a sample and I sped it up 2x! <\/p>\n<p>            <b>The new video is sort of a throwback to your old aesthetic: lower production value than most of your recent ones, with lots of fun cuts and wipes. Can we expect more of this?<\/b><\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>            We made the video in a couple hours (like we used to do). It\u2019s definitely a low-key vid with not much to it besides the chickens and the swimsuit edition. I hope to start cranking out more vids and releasing them freely again like in the old days. Dominic Poropat who made the vid has always been super easy and fun to work with. And yes, yes, you can expect more vids of all types coming soonly, xoxo.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-233006\" class=\"content_block paragraph embed triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\">\n    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-radius:12px\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/playlist\/0IWgt0h2ZxDNV4iVMQaELL?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"380\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content_block paragraph triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"author\">\n    <span><br \/>\n      By <span class=\"credit_name\">Raphael Helfand<\/span><br \/>\n  <\/span><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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The FADER\u2019s \u201cSongs You Need\u201d are the tracks we can\u2019t stop playing. Check back every day for new music and follow along on our Spotify playlist. \u201cLucy reminds me I&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":450771,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/c_limit,w_1024\/c_crop,h_533,w_1024,x_0,y_60,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/Screen_Shot_2022-05-19_at_6.09.01_PM_vc11cg\/Screen_Shot_2022-05-19_at_6.09.01_PM_vc11cg.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[28101,129526,88786],"class_list":["post-450770","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-social-mediaa","tag-pop","tag-lucy","tag-songs-you-need-in-your-life"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450770","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=450770"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450770\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/450771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=450770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=450770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=450770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}