Beatrice Eli The Conqueror ( Official Video)

Follow Beatrice Eli Combining heartswelling vocals, offbeat production and wrenching lyrics about love and loss, The Conqueror may well be one of the most devastating yet beautiful pop songs you re likely to hear all year. Although initially growing up on a steady diet of soul and jazz, Beatrice soon got schooled on a wider palette of music by MTV, introducing her to everyone from The Notorious Janet Jackson and to Salt N Pepa and Nirvana. Since then, I ve realized I like classical arrangements, strong lyrics and hooks. If you have that, you can put an interesting production on it and make it fresh, but also timeless. It is a quirky, unpredictable approach that is encapsulated in The Conqueror. Even though it swoops and soars, especially in the chorus, its crystalline beauty hides a darker side. Rather than shying away br, br,