New Music: ‘Boomerang’ by J-Milla

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Rising star of Aussie hip hop J-Milla is back with fresh music in his new track ‘Boomerang’.

‘Boomerang’ comes off the back of a milestone year of success for J-Milla in 2023, including singles ‘Gammon’ and ‘On My Soul’ as well as performances at BIGSOUND and SXSW.

J-Milla flexes his lyrical prowess on ‘Boomerang’ as he explores the concept of cause and effect, what goes around comes around – karma.

Incorporating traditional indigenous instrumentation along with language and Aboriginal slang, the creation of this song is one that J-Milla counts as one of his favourite projects to date.

“As soon as I heard the instrumental, I came up with the line: ‘What goes around comes around like a boomerang’,” J-Milla explains.

“This gave me inspiration on writing the rest of the song based on the effect of Karma, which leads to the motion of a boomerang when it’s thrown. What we release into the universe is what we eventually get back. Recording the song was second nature to me, everything went very well from the moment I pressed record.”

For ‘Boomerang’ J-MILLA collaborated with the Central Australian Aboriginal Women’s Choir (CAAWC), whose beautiful voices can be heard performing in language on the track.

The language is taken from the song titled ‘Mayatja altimani mununi minala’, originally written by Tony Campbell of the Mimili Gospel Singers, recorded by the CAAWC the song in Germany back in 2015, where it was then included on their first album ‘Boomerang Tour Ansbach Live’.

J-Milla will again grace the stages of BIGSOUND and SXSW this year to showcase his new music alongside other performances in September and October.

‘Boomerang’ is out now. Visit Beehive PR for more about J-Milla.

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