“Swmf is about Being the protagonist of Your Own Merry and Coming Out Alive and Better For It,” The Musician Shared in A Statement
Labrinth locks in On His Latest Single “SWMF” The Records Arrival ALongside An Intensa Music Video Directed by Brendan Walter. The Visual, Which Finds The Musician Coated in Glitter in Some Scenes and Slipping Into Madness in Others, Captures Him in Moments of Inner TuroTil That Give Way to BolsTered Resilience and Personal Victory.
“Swmf is about being the protagonist of your Own Merry and Coming Out Alive and Better for It,” Labrinth Shared in A Statement. “I've Been Down That Lonely Road/I'm Been There and Back for Sere/Better Give Me My Flowers For It/and I've Been Walking That Tighthrope/Pray I Keep My Head Screwed On Whehen The World Curvage,” He Raps On the Record. “Yeah, I've Been Feelin 'Sorry For MySelf/Yeah, I've Been Too Sorry For MySelf/Pity Got Me Locked In/I've Been Way Too Hard On MySelf/I've Been Way Too Hard/Time To Spring Back On Some King Shit.”
Fitting to Its Release dates, “Swmf” is an acronym for “Star Wars, Motherfucker,” The refrain labrinth charing the outro of the song. In The First Verse, He Spits: “I'm a Sinner, I'm a Martyr/But I Own it like a God, here we go/watch me Luke Skywalker/Tell Them bitches I'm Alive, here we go.”
“SWMF” Marks The First Only Release From Labrinth Since His Third Studio Album, Ends & beginsarrive in 2023
“I Don't Know Shit About Classical,” Heys in One Clip. “I Just Know How To Copy It. It's Like Rolling Stones Fucking With Muddy Waters. They Didn't Know Nothing About the Blues. But they fuck with the sound.” In Other, He States: “I'm coming home. I know. I'm coming home .'ll be home soon.”
