More than other recent songs written by the VERO Music artist, ‘Strange Times’ is deeply entrenched in life now.
“It was necessary for me to take a hard look at what is happening to us all right now… The song was written during the worst period of the COVID crisis, and it’s a direct response to the feeling of isolation that we all had to endure. But its words and the emotion extend far beyond that singular experience. We are now at a time of war and spiritual conflict. That has triggered an intense feeling of loneliness that we are all cloaked in. It’s about wandering through this period with no idea of when these difficult times are going to end. It’s like a fever dream.”
‘Strange Times’ gains further gravitas from an arrangement filled with layers of haunting, dark-hued keyboards that are cushioned by a gradual, sharp-edged beat. It’s the foundation for a vocal by Winfield that is, by far, his most resonant to date.