Aby Coulibaly - 'Weekdays'
Silky smooth vocals fused with classic 90’s R&B beats and instrumentation, Aby Coulibaly’s latest track ‘Weekdays’ could just be what sends her all the way to the top.
Sweet, sublime, and effortlessly sleek, Aby Coulibaly’s newest release brings with it a sunshine energy warm enough to make you forget it's nearly the end of November. Taking inspiration from her influences, her Sengalese heritage and the hustle and bustle of day-to-day Dublin life, the tone and sound of this track is distinct and unique. The song explores the juxtaposition between the passionate highs and lows synonymous with love against the stagnant unyielding feeling of a situationship that just doesn’t want to get off the ground. Talking about her aims and vision for the track, she explained that
‘Weekdays is about being so crazy about someone that you’re finding it hard to hold back your feelings. I’ve always been someone that gives my all or nothing to relationships so this song is a playful exaggerated expression of that.’
Playful it certainly is. Coulibaly’s tongue-in-cheek lyricism takes on a really youthful energy, something that is fascinating to see work alongside her mature vocal tone. Frank, down-to-earth and at times brilliantly direct, Aby demonstrates that she is not afraid to get what she wants in a relationship.
‘You said you’d come over on tuesday, but bitch it’s thursday, and I’m so thirsty for you. You said you’d come over on saturday and now it is sunday, that ain’t really true’
Her lyrics display a rawness and authenticity which make the overall sentiment of the track so relatable. The unwavering feeling of wanting to spend time with someone in a new relationship is universal and Coulibaly captures it sensationally. Influences like Lauryn Hill and Erykah Badu come through so clearly on this track - Aby shares their ability to turn the language of the everyday into art. The chorus is fantastically catchy and the repetition of the line ‘Do you really care, I do’ illustrates the whirlwind of emotions being in a new relationship can send you into. The melody and sweet vocals create a tone that is light, airy and puts the world into a rose-tinted lens. Listening to it, you can’t blame Coulibaly for bring crazy and head-over-heels for the person, the tone of the track easily brings you into her sunshine world.
Her music is a true melting pot, blending contemporary confessional lyricism with old-soul golden era vocals. This release comes at an exciting time for Coulibaly. Released via ‘Camomile Club’, a collective which she co-founded, it is inspiring to see a woman writing, producing and performing all her own work. Aside from her work in this collective where she is keeping busy organising events, releases and finding new artists, she has dropped hints about bigger plans to come in the new year. While nothing has yet been confirmed, the success and hype she has received from ‘Weekdays’ so far are certainly going to bring her to new audiences and heights come 2023.
Words by Kirsty-Ann Thomson
