Singer-songwriter Bailey Tomkinson shares the heartfelt new single “Graceland”. Finding inspiration in the new Elvis movie, Bailey’s evocative but calming vocals sail the narrative of commercialisation and it’s destructive nature. Flowing with smooth acoustic guitars and layered with those gorgeous Cornish tones, “Graceland” is a reflective moment in Bailey’s catalogue and propels her even further into the music world.
“My inspirations for this song came from a couple of places…obviously with a title like Graceland, it’s probably not a huge surprise that I had this burst of inspiration by Baz Luhrmann’s 2022 film “Elvis” and the journey he went on from obscurity to essentially ending up exploited by these dark, selfish, consumerist forces. And then, I came across what is actually a made-up word by a writer called John Koenig. He has this project where he tries to come up with words for emotions that currently lack words. It’s called ‘The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows’. The word was ‘Sonder’ which basically describes the realisation that each random passer-by is living a life as vivd and complex as your own. So like Elvis, the narrator of my song has their own vivid and complex journey, not as flamboyant or spectacular maybe but still meaningful…so I had these two contrasting journeys and I thought it would be cool to have them intersect at Graceland.”
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