And for all the variety, there’s just one collab, the retro-rap “TOPLINE” with Korean hip-hop progenitor Tiger JK of the group Drunken Tiger. There’s also dance detours (“DLC”), brassy ballads (“Collision”), pop-rock with an opening riff that recalls Lustra’s “Scotty Doesn’t Know” (“Mixtape : Time Out,” inspired by a vacation the group took in Gangwon Province). It’s a high-end collection of flavors including electronic rap-pop (“Hall of Fame”) and heavy-hitting hip-hop indebted to Eminem and Nicki Minaj in equal measure (“ITEM”). Says Andy ‘I wanted to do something a bit different, focus on connecting with people through the stories I can tell musically.In 2020, JYP Entertainment boy band and leaders in fourth-generation K-pop Stray Kids dropped “God’s Menu,” an exemplar of their explosive trap-pop, ornamented with baritone Felix’s delivery of a line in the second verse: “Cooking like a chef/I’m a five-star Michelin.” The theme of expertly blending ingredients has continued to their 2023 full-length 5-STAR. ‘Turn The Lights Out’ is the culmination of this new project, swapping the brass and bombast of London Afrobeat Collective for a slightly more introspective style, focussing on the story of the song rather than creating festival dancefloor anthems! With influences ranging from Bob Dylan to Chris Stapleton, Andy’s songwriting pays respect to the traditions of Americana and Bluegrass, while aiming to connect to universal feelings of love, loss and hope for the future. In that time, he has forged a reputation as a versatile musician, playing trumpet & guitar as well as singing, in 6 Day Riot (alt-folk), Running Club (indie), Trio Blue (jazz) and London Afrobeat Collective (afrobeat/soul) alongside a host of guest appearances and sessions. Originally from New Zealand singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Andy Watts has been based in London since 2007.
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