Ash Shakur - Anna's Arcade (Single)

Illustrator and experimental hip hop artist Ash Shakur, AKA Artlife Ash drop’s his latest jam Anna's Arcade'. The blissfully witty track takes the listener on a nostalgic trip down memory lane, via the arcade to play everyone's favorite video games. Sonically, 8-bit game inspired sounds are woven into a boom bap beat produced by Masked Man, whilst Ash delivers playful bars based around his youth, unrequited love and his video games obsession. Listen out for lots of gamer references, as Ash uses video games as a metaphor for life's obstacles, as he explains:

“The first verse explains a small part of the music game and how you have to watch out for those bowers! I wanted to draw parallels of life's challenges to the levels on a video game.”

“The last verse highlights the theme of, how people play games ie: she's playing hard to get - or he's a player.”

"I want Anna's Arcade to be the place you think about having the most fun. Every time you listen, I want to bring you back to this feeling.”