mISTER_b

Collaborators


Isabel Merjos



Gemma Urie



Dominic Brown



Kourtney



Magie Lena



Cinzia Ricci



Billy Khan




Sonyae




Vara Gallo



Serenity Scott



Kato



Amy Jayne

'Let energy takes over you'

Recovery

Recorded: 2012
Genre: Electronic Dance
Length: 4:32
Writer (s): mISTER_b, Lilly Stuart, Electrolightz
Producer: mISTER_b
Voice: Isabel Merjos

Background

The song was written by ElectroDeath Team’s Lilly Stuart, Electrolightz and mISTER_b himself, the production team was formed after the disband of the girlgroup itself. The production team took part in the work of several singers producing and writing music and even managing careers such as Abie Lena and now mISTER_b.
The song has a house electronic structure which mix piano with bass and other beats produced by mISTER_b, vocals of the song belong to Isabel Merjos, teen pop star sensation who had previously worked with mISTER_b.
Musically the song has an electropop influence but it’s a little more hardcore than any other pop song in the mainstream. Influences of House music such are perceived due to the break melody moments between the choruses of the song, mISTER_b used piano as an introduction to the song, vocally Isabel sound melodic and loud, she has some really good high notes in the choruses of the song as part of the increasing beat that drives to the breakdown moments of it. Other elements presented on the song are a choir and backing vocals also performed by Isabel, effects on Isabel’s voice are echoes and destortions.
Lyrically the song is about recovering from a bad situation someone has gone through. It speaks from the perspective of a friend encouraging its mate to shake it off and let its heart get healed even though this person would still feel sad for what happened. It also eludes the necessity people who suffer from depression to take pills like Lithium to fake happiness, in the line ‘Let Love, show you don’t need to take any pill’ it’s clearly noticed the fact that the person of the song’s subject is taking pills to easy it’s suffering.
Another verse of the song says ‘Let forgiveness wash your soul’ meaning that the person needs to forgive what was done for itself to moving on with its life and not feeling bad anymore. In the end the song is like an anthem for a full recovery from a state of sadness and depression.
It serves as the first single of the album and it introduces the idea of energies surrounding our lives which mISTER_b already told that he’s a believer of that philosophy and that he wants to show people that certain energies we emanate can determine the paths of our destiny and the consequences of our actions.

mISTER_b Insight

‘Whenever I go through a dark time and it can be anything, like a break up, or any other frustration that humans deal in life, I have this little person inside of me telling me that I must shake it off, that I must stand my ground and fight for a better situation. That’s what I’m trying to tell with this song. The beats of the song are an encouraging sound for themselves so I just needed to write verses that would make worth to my vision.
Isabel accepts the job of singing this song and she did it gratefully. It’s a hard song to sing because it has high notes to be reached and it also demands a hopeful intonation to its performer, I couldn’t find any other person than Isabel to sing it. I really believe that Isabel took her positive side out to sing it and it ended up being our best collaboration yet.
Others songs on the album doesn’t have the approach of this one, so maybe it’s a unique song among the others that made the final cut of the album. It was a perfect choice for a first single. There isn’t any other way better than start the promotion for the album with a positive message to the fans I long to conquer.


Gray sky is above us and
It pours all past hurts
Wait ‘till the healing begin
And your wounds will stop to hurt
Let forgiveness wash your soul
‘Cause there’s so much life to loose
While your expectations are low
Life will pass in front of you

While breath is in your lungs
Your voice can still be heard
As your heart’s about to burst
Let go off resentments
Let the pain remember your heart can still be cured
Let Love, show you don’t need to take any pill

Let the hope, light the way for your full recovery
Let Love be for your heart the only remedy

Walking on thin ice, climbing
Slowly One step at a time
Aiming for the top, be sure
Victory is a matter of time
For all the joy to come
It’s worth to start a fight
Life’s not always a bed of roses
But persistence brings the good vibes

While breath is in your lungs
Your voice can still be heard
As your heart’s about to burst
Let go off resentments

Let the hope, light the way for your full recovery
Let Love be for your heart the only remedy

Your full recovery
I’m your remedy
Your full recovery
I’m your remedy

Let the hope, light the way for your full recovery
Let Love be for your heart the only remedy

Song: Recovery
Artists: mISTER_b, Isabel
Album: The Energy
Director: Anthony Mandler
Label: Studio60

In a surreal field of flowers is Isabel with a black dress, while wind blows her hair and clothes without any sound around but the whistle of the wind, with close up and aerial shots. It’s able to see the plenitude and largeness of the place where she is, peacefully and gracefully she moves slow and sexy, her skin is very clean and her dark eyes are emphasized by her dark dress and her dark hair. Surrounding Isabel are some visual effects such as smoke and blue particles emanating from her body as if it was her energy being thrown out of the video.



As the song starts and Isabel starts to lip-sync it, a couple of other scenes are added to the video making it fast and variable. There is a scene where Isabel is singing in the middle of the desert with a beige dress and a brown tone aspect on her makeup and skin. She is wearing high heels and it seems that she’s feeling the heat of the sun. There are rays of energy around Isabel while she performs the song in the desert.



Closer to the chorus of the song that’s when mISTER_b appears, playing a piano in the same desert Isabel is in the second scene of the video, but the other scene of Isabel in the field of violets are still being showed among the different scenes the video mix together.



The second verse of the song starts and now Isabel is under the water still lip-syncing the song verses while bubbles come out of her mouth, she’s still wearing that same black dress of the flowers field scene. mISTER_b is also seen in another scene, he’s standing in a some sort of vacuum, where there's only him and a gray background.





The second chorus and the breakdown of the song consists of a mix of all the scenes showed up until now, Isabel in the thirsty desert, in the graceful magical flowers field and under the dark water, different stages of her recovery, where first she felt she was in a peaceful place, later she was thirsty under the heat of the sun and then she was under the water trying to reach surface. mISTER_b is only a co-adjuvant in the video, he’s with Isabel in the desert and later in a vacuum place all alone representing the desolation of feeling sad and depressed.

Final seconds of the video brings a different final act to it, the final scene shows Isabel besides mISTER_b in the vacuum scene he was before, the video get very fast and all of the scene showed before end up with a single shot of Isabel and mISTER_b staring at each other, as if finally they would reach the full recovery the song is talking about.