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Phosphor

by Plain Folly

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“Ever since I was a kid, I’ve liked to escape into fantasy worlds when the real world was unsatisfactory,” says Irina Kühn alias Plain Folly about the inspiration for PHOSPHOR. On January 27, 2023, the indie pop artist, singer and multi-instrumentalist will release the second song from her upcoming album.

In dramatically undulating, powerfully cinematic songs, Plain Folly takes us into her very own Neverland. Irina Kühn wraps existential questions in achingly beautiful, somberly shimmering, wholesome indie gems. Her music is her catharsis, the songs have been experienced and written by her, arranged and recorded with producer Tom Schenk in the midst of the pandemic.

In PHOSPHOR, she explores the differences between escapism and loss of reality on a journey into her own subconscious, using her full, versatile voice. Being Plain Folly: Wavy synths, lush Eighties drums by Moritz Müller (Joris, Heavytones, The Intersphere) and shimmering energy accentuate the toxic trip into her inner ego, placing the song somewhere between Chvrches, Paramore and Mutemath. “I’m wishin’ for somethin’ that I won’t ever have – but closin’ my eyes I can see the lights.”

lyrics

LYRICS:

I'm swimming in colors
I'm walking on air
But surfing on flashlights
Won't get me anywhere
I'm wishing for something
That I won't ever have
But closing my eyes
I can see the lights

In my head
In my head
Ooh in my head

I'm drowning in colors
I'm falling through air
And blinded by flashlights
I won't get anywhere
Tempting me so seductively
Beyond the looking glass
Impossible to reach
A hundred years to pass

In my head
In my head
And I can't resist
Chaos calms me down
But I won't give up
Pushing out these walls
In my head

But closing my eyes
I can see the lights
Staring me blind
I am tinderlike
I'm losing my sight
But I feel so alive
`Cause I can see the lights
In my head

In my head
In my head

Now I know that all these sparks
Cannot ever fill my heart
A million deuces I will fight
Till I see through my own eyes

Now I know that all these sparks
Cannot ever fill my heart
A million deuces I will fight
Till I see through my own eyes

I'm losing my sight
But I feel so alive
`Cause I can see the lights

In my head
In my head
In my head
In my head
And I can't resist
Chaos calms me down
But I won't give up
Pushing out these walls
In my head

credits

released January 27, 2023
Music & Lyrics by Irina Kühn
Vocals, Piano, Guitars, Bass and Keyboards by Irina Kühn
Drums by Moritz Müller
Recording, Mix & Mastering by Tom Schenk
Produced by Tom Schenk

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Plain Folly Stuttgart, Germany

Plain Folly is many things. Unadjusted, thoughtful, sometimes dreamy, sometimes eruptive. But she is always DIY as fuck. To the heart, to the beat. Her songs are healing studies in introspection, bittersweet hymns to the strength within ourselves, but also confessions to our own weaknesses. But above all, they are one thing: insanely good, dreamy, inspiring indie pop. ... more

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