The most popular kiwi musician you’ve never heard of? Maybe.
Graham Candy is a singer songwriter of upbeat dance pop music who moved to Berlin in 2013. Candy had his first collaboration with famed German DJ and producer Alle Farben, ‘She Moves’ (2014) that gained him quick popularity with his quirky, high-range vocals, as well as his first platinum single.
Since the move, Candy has performed at Glastonbury, Lollapalooza, numerous European festivals and twice (2016,2020) at one of Europe’s biggest street parties; The New Years Eve Party at Brandenburg Gate in Berlin to a live crowd of 1 million and televised crowd of 8 million!
‘Aroha’ is the first single for Graham Candy from his upcoming EP, spreading the message of compassion, empathy and love across Europe with this high energy, singalong song with sounds from his old home and new!
Produced and written with European producers Filous, Florence Arman, ’Aroha’ is a song to be played out loud any season!
The video filmed on a recent (ish) trip home to Aotearoa shows Graham Candy may’ve left Aotearoa, but the force of home certainly lives strong with him on his new adventure in Europe.
Watch the video below: #givesomearoha
Graham Candy’s New EP – Keep On Smiling coming soon
Keep On Smiling will be the 2nd EP of Graham Candy. Five songs from the past five years have been put together to show all the sides of Candy: The singer-songwriter, the 90’s kid, the genre jumper!
Keep On Smiling is a feel good collective, giving listeners sing-along hooks, vibey lyrics and a personality that many Europeans have gotten to know and Kiwis are about to discover.
Watch some behind the scenes of the EP’s making at Bewake Studio’s where you can see a small insight to the final recordings of Candy’s upcoming EP, Keep on Smiling.
Aroha
V1:
I’ve been drinking too much
Cause I miss the sea
I just can’t get enough of sunlight and Kauri trees
I’ve been thinking bout home
Well that golden beach
All the things that I know
My Nanna My family
Chorus:
And when the winter comes
We gonna fly over to the down-under
Where the sun don’t die
Gonna say hello to the down-under
I’m gonna say hello
To the long white cloud like
Where the sun don’t die
Gonna say hello to the down-under
Post:
Ooo Love
Give me that Aroha
Singing
Ooo Love
Give me that Aroha
V2:
Been away for too long
O me time goes fast
Like the way rivers flow
I’ll be back to see you soon
O I love chasing colours
To a hundred lands
But I long for another summer with sunlight
Chorus:
And when the winter comes
We gonna fly over to the down-under
Where the sun don’t die
Gonna say hello to the down-under
I’m gonna say hello
To the long white cloud like
Where the sun don’t die
Gonna say hello to the down-under
Post:
Ooo Love
Give me that Aroha
Singing
Ooo Love
Give me that Aroha
M8:
Give me that soda water
Not that cola-cola
With a bit of feijoa
Give me that Aroha
Give me that soda water
Not that cola-cola
With a bit of feijoa
Give me that Aroha
Chorus:
O and when the winter comes
Gonna say hello to the down-under
Where the sun don’t die
Gonna say hello to the down-under
I’m gonna say hello
To the long white cloud like
Where the sun don’t die
Gonna say hello to the down-under
Post:
Ooo Love
Give me that Aroha
Singing
Ooo Love
Give me that Aroha
Ooo Love
Give me that Aroha
Singing
Ooo Love
Give me that Aroha
Outro:
O and when the winter comes
Gonna say hello to the down-under
To the long white cloud
Gonna say hello to the down-under
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