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Single: RICH PARENT$
Artist: Coke
Label: Big Diamond Records
Release Date: September 3rd, 2021
Genre: Electropop, Electronic Rock, Industrial Rock
Written by: Airemese Nicole Smith
Produced by: inZane
Length: 2:20
RICH PARENT$ is a song by singer-songwriter Airemese Nicole Smith. On September 3rd, 2021 it was released by Big Diamond Records with additional promotion from Dahlhouse Entertainment. Written by Airemese "Coke" Smith and produced by inZane, the track is a two minutes and twenty-two seconds long. The genre of RICH PARENT$ is a mix of Electropop, Electronic Rock and Industrial Rock. It's grungy sound carries the unapologetic lyrics well as Coke writes from the point of view of a teenager dealing with the pressures of growing up as the only heir of a wealthy family. With this single, Coke reunites with a side of herself that she (and her PR team) have been trying to bury alive for years.
To understand RICH PARENT$ and the true purpose it serves to Coke's progression as an artist, one must first admit that she is on a downward spiral. The Coke we were introduced to in 2013 alongside Rum would have never admitted to the sins she confessed on this track. Rum & Coke was a dynamic duo that consisted of Rum, the raunchy rapper who used music to save her from a hard life and Coke, the silver spoon angel who just wanted to forget about her dull reality and write beautiful things. Through 4 albums with Rum & Coke, Coke carefully crafted a cookie-cutter image that her team assumed was easily digestable for the public, almost as to draw attention away from the truth behind her past.
After the release of her debut album Dans Ta Tête, Coke became painfully aware of how inauthentic her public persona came off. Critics and fans alike noted that though the album was great sonically, they still felt as if they didn't know who Coke was. Once change began to wreak havoc on her life, she gave in and bore her soul on GOLD, the sophomore album that altered the trajectory of Coke's solo career. Having opened up about her struggles with Manic Bipolar Depression, what took great strength for Coke to admit back in 2017 was only the tip of the iceberg.
Listening closer to the singer's previous album, Coke did promise herself a few things. Her biggest vow was to be herself unapologetically. In the eyes of an outsider, Coke appears to be regressing on RICH PARENT$ and taking an axe to the picture perfect image her momager has worked so hard to build. However, those paying attention will see that processing her past as a troubled rich teen is a necessary step towards Coke's ascension to further greatness. It was clear in previous lyrics that she carried a lot of guilt and shame from her past but until now, most had no idea exactly what for. Today, we get a look at the innerworkings of Coke's younger mind which felt pressured to prove herself and used substance abuse to relieve that pressure.
Even RICH PARENT$' instrumental is a thick blast of teenage angst with it's 'too cool for school' basic drum pattern and it's grungy array of electronic bass and guitar. Instrumentally and vocally, the song keeps it simple which makes the words coming out of Coke's mouth the focus. She opens up the song with the lyrics, "Another blackout/Stay up all night cus there’s no reason I should be down" addressing the elephant in the room. It is assumed that rich kids have it easy because of the money they grow up around and Coke plays off of that idea through the entire song. Her family has all of the access in the world with nothing presumably holding her back and because of this, she can get her hands on every drug in the book at such a young age. She justifies this in the second verse with the lyrics, "You’d pop a Valium too if you had an estate to handle". If her family expects to stay rich for generations, Coke must prove to be a worthy heir when she grows up and it casts a dark cloud over her childhood. Like many of those from the upperclass that fall victim to an addiction to opiods, the pressure to be perfect drives her to drugs. Her acts of rebellion include abusing methamphetamine at parties and wrecking countless cars under the influence. She claims her "parents get her out of everything" but while their money does the talking, her cries for help go unheard.
Coke
Another blackout
Stay up all night cus there’s no reason I should be down
Seems I lucked out
Life so full of pain but at least I’m in the big house
Had my future paved
Never got to be a child cus I realized right away
If it can’t make a million bucks
What I do’s not enough
I'm shit out of luck
They all say I got it easy
But they don’t got what it takes to be me
Carry the burden of legacy, I can’t just leave it behind
Drop the ball and shatter my family for lifetimes
(Hit the bar, crash the car, call the cops then flee the scene)
(Having rich parents guaranteed to get you out everything, woah hey)
(Hit the bar, crash the car, call the cops then flee the scene)
(Having rich parents guaranteed to get you out everything, woah hey)
Another scandal
You’d pop a Valium too if you had an estate to handle
I like to gamble
Crank up the kickback, mix speed with Red Bull
Don’t let me leave this party bored
I’ll make you take the wheel while I do lines on the dashboard
Never guess, be sure
Believe all the rumors
Daddy’s little whore
They all say I got it easy
But they don’t got what it takes to be me
Carry the burden of legacy, I can’t just leave it behind
Drop the ball and shatter my family for lifetimes
(Hit the bar, crash the car, call the cops then flee the scene)
(Having rich parents guaranteed to get you out everything, woah hey)
(Hit the bar, crash the car, call the cops then flee the scene)
(Having rich parents guaranteed to get you out everything, woah hey)
(Hit the bar, crash the car, call the cops then flee the scene)
(Having rich parents guaranteed to get you out everything, woah hey)
(Hit the bar, crash the car, call the cops then flee the scene)
(Having rich parents guaranteed to get you out everything, woah hey)
Hit the bar, crash the car, call the cops then flee.... *police sirens*
Edited by user 03 September 2021 15:15:18(UTC)
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