Written by Aida Rashid
If you’ve ever dreamed of dancing in the dark with your adolescent love accompanied by soft, romantic music playing in the background, or driving into the sunset with your windows down and a cigarette lit up… Allester Shaun’s brand new single ‘Sweet Babycakes’ is the epitome of it.
Having performed at various local gigs including the recent edition of Urbanscapes and released a single called ‘Blue’ just last year, we think that Allester Shaun is about to make a significant presence in the Malaysian music scene, especially when he has confirmed to have exciting materials coming out soon.
Having started writing when he was in high school, he averred that his main focus was never in writing per se, but it soon became a tool to complete his craft. “My main focus wasn’t into writing because I am more to a composing type of person in terms of chord progressions, drum tracks, etc. So the song writing was just me filling in the empty void in making a song.”
The song feels like a lovechild between Mac Demarco with the woozy guitar effects and Rex Orange County with the conversational tone of delivery. “I have a very wide scope in terms of musical influences such as blues, classic rock, metal, indie, r&b etc. But I try not to listen to only one genre so that my sound won’t sound the same or else it gets boring in the long run. I wanted it (Sweet Babycakes) to sound classic but fused with modern music and at the same time, prom kinda setting.”
When asked about the story behind the song, Allester Shaun was inspired by his own girlfriend.
“I got the inspiration from my girlfriend but at the same time I also wanted it to be a fictional situation on how listeners feel like when they get to know their first love or their crush — depends on how they see it.”
Charming, dreamy and a shortcut route back to adolescence, ‘Sweet Babycakes’ does not disappoint.
