Dang! Tinashe really gotta get better folks around her cuz she passed on one of Dahi's best joints & Kelea scooped it & made it a classic
"All The Way Down" is an instrumental that comes from DJ Dahi. He produced that song, and I actually wrote with a few songwriters—one of them is Jess Glynn, she and I wrote the verses together. And then I wrote the next part of the song with Talay Riley, who is another English writer. Nugget also wrote on that as well. So the four of us are responsible for everything in the body of the song. Dahi and I linked up earlier this year, and he played me a version of the same instrumental that was potentially going to be on Tinashe's album, but didn't make it. Basically, I was like, “Yes, the chorus melody is so good. I need to call her right now and see if she's down to let me use that melody for the bridge!” And he called her! And she was like, “Sure!” She obviously had already released the album so she had no problem with sharing the melody.
I've just been into the idea of collaborating with other people who are also artists, even if they're not in the room. The freedom of women sharing creative work is really exciting for me. Also to experience that naturally—it wasn't an A&R [idea] or contrived. That's that song in terms of sound. [In terms of the lyrics], I was having the experience of dating someone who was younger than me. The song is about abandoning unnecessary rules and focusing on things that do matter when it comes to relationships.
- Kelela Decodes Every Track From Her Hallucinogen EP
"All The Way Down" is an instrumental that comes from DJ Dahi. He produced that song, and I actually wrote with a few songwriters—one of them is Jess Glynn, she and I wrote the verses together. And then I wrote the next part of the song with Talay Riley, who is another English writer. Nugget also wrote on that as well. So the four of us are responsible for everything in the body of the song. Dahi and I linked up earlier this year, and he played me a version of the same instrumental that was potentially going to be on Tinashe's album, but didn't make it. Basically, I was like, “Yes, the chorus melody is so good. I need to call her right now and see if she's down to let me use that melody for the bridge!” And he called her! And she was like, “Sure!” She obviously had already released the album so she had no problem with sharing the melody.
I've just been into the idea of collaborating with other people who are also artists, even if they're not in the room. The freedom of women sharing creative work is really exciting for me. Also to experience that naturally—it wasn't an A&R [idea] or contrived. That's that song in terms of sound. [In terms of the lyrics], I was having the experience of dating someone who was younger than me. The song is about abandoning unnecessary rules and focusing on things that do matter when it comes to relationships.
- Kelela Decodes Every Track From Her Hallucinogen EP
