Genesis Owusu takes aim at the trappings of fame and success on new song "Gold Chains." The song, a crunchy funk-rap number indebted to Prince and André 3000, plays as a celebratory moment but dig into Owusu's lyrics a little and there's an emptiness to the life of success and adoration. "The truth is I'm often blue," he says while discussing depression and the use of prescription drugs, constantly reminding people that something that "looks so gold" to outsiders can often "feel so cold" in the thick of it. "Gold Chains" will appear on Australian artist Owusu's debut album Smiling With No Teeth, due March 5.
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