UK songwriter and producer Caan releases his brand new single ‘High Tides’ via Cats and Cream. The track is also accompanied by a stunning video directed by Chas Apetti.
‘High Tides’ celebrates the natural flow, euphoria and comfort of getting high. It’s a slow-burning electronic-soul jam that is as straight-up as it is submerged in narcotised introspection. However, it mines a deeper message that transcends pure hedonism.
Caan says: “‘High Tides’ is actually about enlightenment and learning from the highs and lows that we experience day to day. It’s about the romance we all share with escapism. No matter the consequence, these experiences are how we grow and evolve.”
‘High Tides’ is co-written and co-produced with London-based producer, Mkulu, who was introduced to Caan three years ago by his manager. It was one of those “instantaneous clicks” and the pair began honing the art of songwriting together, laying down tracks until Caan felt “comfortable and ready” for people to hear the results.
For Caan, music is meant to be confessional, dark and serious. “It’s there to help pour over emotions and puzzle back some sort of answer,”says the Camden-born, Tottenham-dwelling artist.
“I’m not here for the fame or social media hype…I feel like I have experienced that before with the band, and it never ended up bringing any real joy. I’m just here to make meaningful pop music that people can relate to or connect with.”
Music has been in Caan’s life since birth – his grandfather used to play clarinet in the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Both of his parents were avid music lovers, playing an eclectic mix of music in the Turkish & Irish household. His older brothers handed down there love of hip-hop, acid house, jungle and R&B and to an impressionable teenaged Caan. At the age of 13 he had started MCing and DJing at the Acland Burghley after-school project Bigga Fish. “I’ve always felt like I’ve had music in my DNA,” quips Caan, who filters elements of these inherited styles through a hyper-melodic musical sensibility that any pop fan in 2018 will instantly recognise – and love.
