Holger Seidelin “beautiful morning”

Holger Seidelin produces political hip hop with high aesthetic, a quite unusual combination that is rare to see. The genre of political hip hop is always connected to a certain rawness and the authentic street perspective. However, Seidelin takes a different creative direction with “Beautiful Morning.”

The thought-provoking, multi-faceted track presents great contrast inside a bubble of illusion. “This beautiful morning, I took my anti-depressant,” “This beautiful morning and this Motherf*cker” details the drastic fall from beauty and brokenness that coexist in the world. It’s simply something everyone could relate to, especially in the age when triggering news seem to a normality.

From the fallout of a relationship, Holger Seidelin traces to the fall of the West. “Beautiful Morning” is melancholy and highly relatable. It sounded like a hip hop renaissance in a sense, but the way he plays around elements from gospel, art pop and R&B is very creative. Everything seems to be linked together, making an abstract yet impressionistic point. It’s fluid-like and hard to pinpoint, but it also stimulates memories and visualization.

Despite the darker undertone of the song, Seidelin keeps the groove high up in the sonics. His music feels like an embrace. It’s immersive, rich and translucent. An ethereality wrapped inside surreality. On the other hand, Seidelin’s outspokenness has your attention and lucid mind to listen what he has to say.