I Feel Alright by Bonzai

Album: Single release only (2017)

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Bonzai was born Cassia O'Reilly in Indiana, USA to a jazz singer and musician, but raised in Dublin, Ireland. Bonzai used to sing as part of a Dublin folk duo in her teens, before relocating to London, where she found a job as a backing singer for NAO. The Irish songstress was taken on by Nao's manager, who introduced her to electronic musician Mura Masa.
The sultry-voiced singer wrote this song with Mura Masa during a writing camp working holiday. Bonzai said: "It's about the feeling of being lost, which I think everyone feels at some stage, but then it's like, it could be worse and it can always get better."
Bonzai told BBC Radio 1's Annie Machow a different trip to Cuba made her want to throw "a few happier chords" in on the final version of the track.
The Irish songstress also features on two tracks on Mura Masa's self-titled debut album: "Nuggets" and "What If I Go?"

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