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Staycation / Runaway

from Patterns by ASTU

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Soft, soulful vocals and hip-swaying tempos seduce listeners in Staycation - ASTU’s first single off her debut EP, Patterns. Written by ASTU and produced by Daoud Anthony, the playful track boasts influences from retro soul to 90’s R&B to New Wave-inspired synthpop. “The mood of the music reflects the message of the song - it’s the spirit of the way we move in love today. We’re light and unbothered. We chill.”
ASTU bares all in her experiences of the perpetual situationship, “Over and over we end up in these affairs with no responsibility to the person we share so much of ourselves with. We tip-toe around the word ‘relationship’ thinking we can’t be free and care. Really, we’re just afraid.” The hopeful artist goes on, “We ran as far as we could from Disney fantasies and Christian-Judeo ideas of forever to protect ourselves...because we kept seeing them fail. Staycation is a plea to a lover to do things differently, to take the risk and to attempt the possibility of love.”

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Staycation with me
I get everything on my own
But my bed is empty
Lay down your body
I do everything all alone
But I could use some company

We been on the brink of love
We been on the edge of us

Shake shake it off
Let’s break and fall
Shake shake it off
We’ll fuck and fake love

I pray when I wake up
I put in a good word for ya
A good word
My how the time lies when we’re together
Your lips on my thighs
This sure feel like forever

Shake shake it off
Let’s break and fall
Shake shake it off
We’ll fuck and fake love

Oh let’s roll to the middle
We’ll be safe in love
Oh there ain’t nothin betta
Than what we make of love
Than what we take from us

Staycation with me
I’m on my own
Lay down your body
I’m all alone
Everything everything

I was too afraid for more child
He put on the chains
So I won’t leave him
He was too afraid for more child
So I run away
So he won’t leave me

He was too afraid for more child
I put on the chains
So he won’t leave me
I was too afraid for more child
So he runaway
So I won’t leave him

Ayy gone with ya go on
Runaway
Gone with ya gone
Won’t ya stay
Gone with ya go on
Runaway
Gone with ya gone with ya

Only fools runaway
Fools runaway

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from Patterns, released February 23, 2018
Written by ASTU
Produced by Daoud Anthony
Recorded at AfterOurs Studios
Mixed/Mastered by Gabriel Masterson at 25th St Recording

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ASTU Oakland, California

Part retro soul, part nineties R&B pastiche, part New Wave-inspired synth-pop, ASTU’s music refuses to pledge allegiance to a single vibe. The Oakland-based songwriter has the ability to find an easy, irresistible groove & turn it into a unhurried banger. The depth and complexity of her buttery alto on Patterns, her debut project, has garnered critical acclaim from Afropunk, Earmilk, KQED & more. ... more

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