AY Wing keeps things sweet with latest track Ice Cream Dream
VANILLA. Strawberry. Chocolate. And now electronica. Berlin based singer AY Wing changes up the flavours with her latest song Ice cream Dream.
The creamy track from her 2018 E.P Ice Cream Dream perfectly blends simplistic beats of marching drums with a stripped back texture found in her previous track Strange, to create an easy listening vibe. But AY drops in just a dash of cheer to the relaxed electronic track, with swaying drums and a bright synth melody that follows close in the melodic footsteps of the vocals, in each rendition of its jumping chorus.
Layering a funky baseline, extraterrestrial synth drone, and a light female vocal smothered in reverb, the subtly chirpy song riddles itself with catchy lines and danceable rhythms, but never sidelines the importance of the message behind the music. Both snarky lyricism and the cheeky accompanying video (set in a makeshift gym) aim to poke fun at misplaced obsession with fitness in modern times, chanting: “keep me happy, keep me sweet.” But AY keeps things light with the outlining metaphor of ice cream that pops up towards the end of the video.
As the Swiss born singer herself says: “In an age where we’re all a little bit more stressed than we probably need to be, couldn’t we all use a little more ice-cream sweetness in our lives?”