Arahi Delivers Dreamy Golden Hour Tune, ‘Baby’s Back’

Arahi invites listeners into a dreamland of indie rock and pop on his latest single, Baby’s Back, out today.

Listen to Baby’s Back HERE.

Packed with shiny guitar tones and solid, unwavering drums, Baby’s Back paints a vivid portrait of yearning and melancholy, with a hopeful and almost reckless energy. Its driving and dreamy surface glistens above the darker undercurrents of intense longing, and reckless self-destruction.

“For all 4 minutes 14 seconds of Baby’s Back I hope the listener can escape into a dreamy, blissful world and drive that hopeful, euphoric horizon line,” says Arahi.

Baby’s Back was one of the first songs Arahi wrote when he moved from his home in Haumoana, Hawkes Bay to Tāmaki Makaurau two years ago.

“It’s endured since then, and in some ways it’s indicative of someone who has recently moved from the country to a big city,” explains Arahi.

Working alongside award-winning producer/engineer Jol Mulholland, Arahi says  Baby’s Back is a significant point in his journey.  “It feels like a milestone in terms of the kind of music I’m creating and why. In the past I’ve often felt one step behind the music I want to make, whereas this song seems like one triumphant step forward.”

As a nod to Arahi’s hometown, the song’s video was shot on a hot summer’s day in Haumoana by Hawkes Bay videographer Floyd Pepper.

Baby’s Back follows last year’s release of We’ve Seen Better Days’, with both songs providing a glimpse of what’s still to come on Arahi’s upcoming full-length album, which is set for release later this year.

In the meantime, fans of Arahi can catch him live at this year’s CubaDupa in Wellington, as well as his three-date Small Halls Tour in Hawkes Bay, which kicks off tonight. Tickets here.