Ahead of his new EP, The Outside, Rapper and creative ToBy stops by Inside Music to discuss why now is the perfect opportunity to make your talent known.
ToBy is one of the brightest minds in entertainment today. His music speaks to the struggles we all experience and channels those commonalities into songs that soothe the soul. He isn’t trying to convince you that your problems don’t matter, but instead, ToBy aims to provide comfort as you go through life. His latest EP, The Outside, plays like a late-night road trip spent with the wind in your hair and the radio on as loud as it will go. In other words, it’s precisely what many of us need.
The magic of The Outside lies in the themes and aesthetics that tie the five-track release together. As ToBy works through the highs and lows in life, not to mention the things he cannot change, the production creates a near-dreamlike state. As much as heaviness may exist in the lyrics, the music is weightless, and that allows listeners to lose themselves in every note and melody that ToBy chooses to share.
On the latest episode of Inside Music, ToBy chats with host James Shotwell about his creative process and the surreal experience of releasing music during the coronavirus pandemic. He shares the way the chaos around us is informing his marketing efforts, as well as why he feels listeners are drawn to a different kind of music than usual. It turns out, the ‘new normal’ might not be as bad as some in the industry are making it out.
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