Music can be made for many reasons, from the poignant and political to the fun and throwaway, to send a message to the masses or to be the soundtrack to enhance someone else’s night out. But Ren.y.c makes music for perhaps the most honest reason of all, as a form of self-expression. There is an old adage relating to writers which says that you should write what you know. What better subject can the songwriter have than their own life, experiences, thoughts, and expressions?
“Waste my time” sounds like someone looking back on a relationship—one that isn’t working or which may already be over. Is there hope to be found here, a chance for redemption? Who knows? The lyrics are suitably vague, so the question is open for debate, which makes these highly personal lyrics also wonderfully relatable.
Set to an electronic R&B groove, one shot through with glitchy sonics and swirling sound washes, but driven by a beat that sits somewhere between exotic Afrobeat grooves and Western club grooves, this is not only an infectious and accessible song but also one that sits at the cutting edge of the forward momentum of modern mainstream music.
Timeless lyrical sentiment, forward-thinking sound. Perfect.
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