After choice collabs with Urthboy, A.B. Original, Hilltop Hoods, and heaps more, MARLON has finally unveiled his debut solo single “Blood in the Water.” It’s an R&B-infused pop banger in the vein of The Weeknd and Jason Derulo. But beyond that infectious sound, there are some serious lyrics worth listening to.
“’Blood in the Water’ speaks to the age-old analogy of ‘out of sight, out of mind’ making reference to the human habits of not acknowledging and speaking to things that do not affect us,” MARLON explained. “As humans, many of us walk, play, live in multimillion-dollar cities, and walk past homelessness, drug and alcohol abuse, and disadvantage. More often than not, it is the disadvantage of my people, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people that we remain to be silent on, in a system designed to break them.”
MARLON has had an incredible journey to this point. Hailing from the tropics of the Larrakia in Garramilla/Darwin, he had a professional AFL career playing for Port Adelaide before he started cowriting and performing with some of the country’s biggest names in hip hop.
With his debut album on the way later this year, it sounds like we’ll be hearing a lot more from MARLON.
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