Anyone familiar with Jayda G’s Oakland connections? Though the artist hails from the small Canadian town of Grand Forks, British Columbia, she’s lived all over—LA, Vancouver, Berlin. But on her new album Guy there’s a track called “Lonely Back in O” where the hook finds her “lonely back in Oakland.”
It’s a highly personal album: The title is her own last name—inherited from her father William Richard Guy—and the album is inspired by video recordings of him telling his life story before he died 20 years ago. As for the music? All Jayda G glory. Funky disco house soul spectacular dance party. A celebration of love and life. And one of the highlights is “Lonely Back in O,” a melodic groovy midtempo piece that meditates on “questions and secrets,” the mysteries of unraveling relationships, and the ensuing loneliness.
