Idris Elba graces us once more with his latest musical project – ‘Fudge’ on his London based imprint 7Wallace. Produced on set in Elba’s sun-soaked Australian trailer during filming, ‘Fudge’ quintessentially captures the heated asphalt afterglow of summer-nights with sharpened drum programming and dense vocal treatment.
Ricocheting percussive elements ladder voraciously through the energetic arrangement, the low-end thumps like an elevated heart rate pulsing in unison to the track’s tempo. “I made the song while I was filming in Sydney, multitasking baby. We sent it to Eliza and she smashed it out of the park. Ask yourself, who the Fudge ARE you”.
Hailing from Latvia, classically trained vocalist, poet, DJ and femme icon Eliza Legzdina is one of Eastern-Europe’s most exciting new propositions. A queer activist and proponent of body positivity, Eliza’s lyrics are loud in their sex positive affirmations and explore the sensuous nuances of being a powerful feminine lead, and describes her provocative imagery as scraping nails down the blackboard of the musical patriarchy.
“Just before I got an email from Idris’s team, I saw a bat flying through Shoreditch. It struck me as an omen of a rebirth which is how I see the track. Fudge is all about knowing you got it, you're hot stuff and everyone wants a piece. The feeling of seeing someone so smooth and mysterious and hypnotising. Idris is a man of so many talents, so being able to jump on this track which had such clear vision was a piece of cake and a blessing of sorts. I can’t wait to hear this on the dance floor, this ones for the club”.
Eliza Legzdina’s promiscuous lyricism pairs impeccably with the rhythmically-driven instrumental, bouncing an effervescent flow atop the bumping ensemble of kicks that stagger authoritatively through the mix. The tongue-in-cheek lyrical content grants ‘Fudge’ the bespoke Idris Elba trademark.
