Combining Celtic influences with modern musicality, Irish singer-songwriter, Flynn, and Welsh multi-instrumentalist, Tudor, have joined forces to deliver an exciting, enigmatic new project, BOY LOCO. Between Flynn’s soulful vocals and the rich, instrumental depth delivered by Tudor, “Slow Dancing” is a charming and mesmerising track that’s sure to envelope listeners in its infectious composition and endearing lyricism. An enigmatic anthem of love and devotion, “Slow Dancing” is a true celebration of Flynn and Tudor’s talented knack for crafting shuffling beats and guitar-driven melodies.
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Hey guys, “Slow Dancing” has just been released, how do you feel the reception has been?
Absolutely wild. We were pretty nervous about this song coming out for a few reasons. We had so much love on TikTok so we felt like the anticipation was really high. And we were kinda terrified of people being disappointed by the full-length song after that 30 second snippet online got such a big reaction. So, to now have all the dm’s & comments of people playing it on repeat we’re really over the moon! And the first weekend streaming numbers are just baffling to us.
The track has picked up a lot of attention on TikTok, do you find that it’s a good platform for exercising your creativity?
We really can’t believe what’s been happening on TikTok. For this to happen on our first ever song is crazy to us. What TikTok has given us a chance to do is match a visual feeling with our music to add more depth to the whole project. We’ve been able to present the real us – a couple of old mates that really enjoy writing songs. So in that way it has been super creative. You can instantly tell when making a post if some pictures and captions match the feel of the music so it’s been really fun putting that jigsaw together.
What kind of narratives and themes are you aiming to share with the track?
Dancing is just a weird and beautiful thing we humans share with each othereachother for so many special moments of our lives. So we wanted to use it as kind of a metaphor to describe a feeling our loved ones give us. Like, just one look at you makes me feel like dancing. You bring me joy. That’s the vibe.
The artwork for the track is minimal yet really eye-catching, could you talk us through how the artwork came about?
We’ve kept the visual of our TikTok and social media very much focused around ourselves as mates and creatives so for the artwork we wanted something that wasn’t about us. Releasing this song means it now belongs to everyone else so we wanted the artwork to be more universal. Something that is simple and feels like the beginning of a story. It was created by our friend Halo Jones.
Could you talk us through your creative process when making tracks?
So, the week we wrote Slow Dancing we rented a cabin in the Cotswolds (English countryside) surrounded by beautiful lakes and forests. That whole week we usually started really simple; acoustic guitar, melodies with gibberish words until something clicks. Then we record the chords and the melodies and build some lyrics into that. Sometimes the gibberish has a sound that leads us to the key words of the song and sometimes we approach the song with an idea or a sentiment we really want to talk about and tackle lyrics from there. With slow dancing the first two lines were immediately written (“you make me feel like dancing, slow dancing”) and the rest took many hours and a few bottles of red wine to get there. We wrote it with our dear friend and favourite collaborator Alex Wilke who was patiently writing with us via Zoom into the late hours. By sunrise the song was completely finished (production almost complete too). We knew we had something special by that point.
The ‘BOY LOCO’ project cites Celtic backgrounds as an influence, do you both have find your home countries as inspiration for the music you create? How do you integrate that into your music?
We don’t actively try to make Celtic inspired music but our creative choices sometimes naturally lean into that old Irish & Welsh folk/ Celtic sound. We’re also looking to get the Irish tin whistle on a tune soon but haven’t found the right song for it yet! We both come from small rural towns in Wales and Ireland and we both take inspiration from these beautiful, friendly places. Both of us have also since moved away to different cities (London & Stockholm) and that time away has really given us a new appreciation for where we come from.
What do you guys have in store for the rest of 2024?
More music (lots), shows (hopefully), plenty of Guinness testing (definitely). We’ve got a ton of music to share and we’re still writing a bunch to make sure we’re only going to be releasing the favourites of the favourites.