Ibeyi & Jorja Smith Duet On “Lavender And Red Roses” Single

Twin sisters Lisa-Kaindé and Naomi Díaz, better known as Ibeyi, will release their third album Spell 31 on May 6. Their first project since 2017’s Ash, the pair have shared the project’s leadoff single “Lavender and Red Roses” with Jorja Smith.

“We knew we wanted to create something with Jorja that would be different from what we’ve done previously that would allow us to connect with the true meaning of the song,” Lisa-Kaindé explains. “When we came across the three sisters of fate from the Greek mythology that personify fate we knew immediately that it would be the right idea. Clotho, Lachesis, Atropos are sisters, one of them creates the thread of fate, the other analyses it and the third one cuts it. ‘Lavender and Red Roses’ is a song about the feeling we all experience when we love someone troubled. It could be a partner, a sibling, a parent, a friend. We wanted to talk about the pain of witnessing a loved one hurting, repeating patterns and getting lost. And how it triggers in us the desire to reach them, hold them tight and wash their troubles away with lavender and red roses. But the truth is you can’t save them, if they pull you into their darkness, you will have to protect yourself, and allow them to find their own strength and light, their own way.”

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