Honestly, I've been sitting on this song since last summer, when it was released. It's amazing and it was really tempting to post it right away. I held back.
I'm glad I did. Because today is the 1600th post on Wicked Guilty Pleasures, and there are few songs I'd rather such an odometer flip of a post would be about than this song.
The last few times I've posted about Jayli Wolf, I've very much leaned on her reliance on indigenous themes and how she's writing important music. And, let's be clear - she does - she has arguably done more for her Anishinaabe/Cree culture than anyone else in modern times - and she is making important, thought-provoking music.
Not every great song needs to be deep and important. "Blood Orange" is a great song that is just a great song. It's not at all deep and important. It's just about fruit.
“I wanted this song to boldly confront the themes of control, oppression, and societal standards, while also illuminating the courage to break free and reclaim one’s narrative,” - Jayli Wolf
No, of course it's not just about fruit. It's a powerful song about standing up for yourself against your oppresors - whoever that may be - and claiming your own narrative. The first single from her highly personal EP God is an Endless Mirror, the whole set is introspective and filled with emotion. She's left the city to buy and work her generations-old family farm in British Columbia, and that seems to be driving this direction in her music.
The video, written and produced by Jayli herself, has a lot going on - and yes, does feature a real blood orange (watch the upper right left corner).
This song is also really great. Doubtless.
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