Review: "Rich Neighborhood" - colby!
- Kyler Griggs
- 22 hours ago
- 2 min read
Colby!'s latest single "Rich Neighborhood" speaks to all women who have found themselves being treated as someone's fantasy. Its normal to have feelings for people. Some feelings will be more intense than others. Sometimes without realizing it, those feelings get misplaced. Rather than having someone fall in love with how you actually are, they fall in love with the idea of you they created in their head. For women experiencing this, it can cause a lot of different emotions from confusion, to sadness, and maybe even bitterness. Knowing that someone has assigned you specific roles in their head that appeals to them can be hard to come to terms with. What they want from you, see in you, and love you for, is all based on their own mind and not reality. With lyrics like "You push and push for false reality / Need me to play the part of who you want me to be" and "Trust me it's for the better that we're not together / All for the better" shows what it feels like to be treated as someone's mental fantasy rather than your own person.
The song opens with beautiful instrumentals that has an almost whimsical vibe. When colby!'s vocals are introduced to the mix, it creates a layered and fun listening experience with the background music. The song's tempo slowly builds throughout the song and reaches its peak at the chorus. The sound of drums adds an additional energized beat that maintains the song's rhythm. Colby!'s vocals are a perfect mix of emotional notes and strong notes. She has a voice that lingers once the song slows and draws to an eventual close. After listening, the song leaves you with a mix of feelings similar to the ones in Colby's! voice. It takes the vulnerability of the song's lyrics and meaning and twists it into something that can be used as a strength.
Colby! is a singer-songwriter who grew up in Fort Worth, TX, surrounded by live music. She spent her time exploring creative passions like singing, writing, baking, painting, and performing. Diagnosed with severe dyslexia at age 8, she spent three years in intensive therapy to learn how to slow her brain down enough to try to read. Creative arts helped er cope, and she started singing and writing at a young age. At 14, she began co-writing with her producer and brother, RJ Johnson, a Berklee College of Music grad. When not writing, she loves driving while singing at the top of her lungs. Her most immediate goal is to continue to create songs with her brother that people will want to scream in their car to, thereby possibly escaping from situations they do not find encouraging.
Written By Kyler Griggs
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