Last year, Canadian pop duo Neon Dreams released their hit single ‘Life Without Dreams’. The song became a moderate success for the duo last year and now, over a year after its official release, the single has since seen a massive organic spike in streams locally prompting an official South African release.
The single is currently charting on a number of Apple Music and Spotify playlists as well as the local Shazam charts.
The track appeared on Neon Dreams’ ‘Sweet Dreams till Sunbeams’ —an album comprising nine uplifting songs about not fitting in and overcoming adversity— which was released July 26, 2019.
“When you don’t fit in, it’s like you’re forced to see the world differently. These are the fantasies of a very uncool, unpopular kid,” Frank Kadillac of Neon Dreams tells us of the track. “These fantasies were sparked from years of being picked on and desperately wanting to fit in. When I realized the effect that suppressed memories had on me, I started confronting everything I went through until I realized what I really want. I realized fantasies about money, girls and luxury are fun to think about but in reality, those things don’t make you happy. All I want is some happiness and a little bit of pain to know what’s real.”
Naturally, the group is thrilled to hear that the song has had a resurgence in South Africa. “I’m excited, but not surprised. It’s one of my favourite songs I’ve ever written and it has a world sound vibe to it,” Frank says of the song’s recent momentum.
Listen to ‘Life Without Fantasies’ here:
