“Tears of a Melody” is an emotive hip-hop success from Louisville-based artist Ace Poetik. Nocturnal piano and pitch-altering wordless vocals adorn a compelling backing beat, as Ace’s precise vocal flow emits a very personal recollection — spanning from a traumatic accident, to deaths in the family. “Tears of a Melody” released on the one-year anniversary of a car accident that almost took the artist’s life.
“The wreck was a huge eye opener for me,” Ace says. “So yes the song is sad but there’s also motivation in its recipe. A reminder that tomorrow is promised to no one, and if you have a dream u should let nothing stop you from turning that dream into reality.” The event inspires a sense of personal reflection and vulnerability, also contemplating on aspects like an uncle’s passing; there’s an apparent sense of seizing the day, and valuing what one has, across Ace’s insightful lyrical prowess.
The track’s ’90s R&B nostalgia pairs with Ace’s confidently emotive vocals for a memorable success. “I could be dead and gone, and not here for my family,” Ace observes as the higher-pitched vocal backing aligns, as the title-touting sequence kickstarts a personal recollection of the accident — “sixteen stitches ‘cross my forehead,” — and the struggle that ensued, to get back into physical and creative shape. “Tears of a Melody” powerfully chronicles physical and emotional fractures, while also exuding a powerful sense of perseverance, and reminding not to take life for granted.
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This and other tracks featured this month can be streamed on the updating Obscure Sound’s ‘Emerging Singles’ Spotify playlist.
