After dropping one of this year’s waviest feel-good summer anthems ‘Doing Alright’ and tearing down the Mastermind x Supermalt stage at Notting Hill Carnival in August, North West London’s Casscade returns from a hiatus to show his versatility with a live version of his track ‘Comfortable’.
Best known for his flamboyant bars and lyric packed rap tracks with an RnB flavour, ‘Comfortable’ is somewhat of a surprise from Casscade as it boasts a stripped back live band performance to accompany his raw vocal delivery, which includes singing on the first verse and a venomous rap verse on the second. Shot at Resident Studios, the visuals play host to the track’s reflective motifs as Casscade takes stock after an up and down year. He explains:
“The acoustic version was something I always wanted to do but just never got around to doing. I love live renditions of songs and I thought this would probably be the perfect song to do this with. I also wanted to display my diversity.”
After fighting some demons this year, Casscade has managed to harness those feels into his art – vulnerability at it’s finest but delivered in a way fitting of a true underdog. Lyrics such as these show an artist trying to make sense of the daily grind:
“Calculated risks, you do the math, it could be damaging” – “Easy option is a nightmare but it might just help me sleep well – Cause I stay up late, plotting, Cause I can’t go back to retail”
