“Green, Green Grass” by George Ezra, Tuesday, September 26, 2023
Last year, George Ezra returned with his third album, Gold Rush Kid . Like Ezra's previous two records, Gold Rush Kid topped the U.K. album charts . The singer-songwriter had interesting stories behind the recording of his previous records from a trip across Europe for his debut Wanted on Voyage and staying with a complete stranger in Barcelona in Staying at Tamara's. Returning to work with long-term collaborator Joel Pott , his long-term collaborator, Gold Rush Kid doesn’t have quite the backstory as the previous two records. But the otherwise sunny third installment from Ezra was born out of the singer’s struggles with OCD and nihilism. THERE’S NO ONE IN HERE LIVIN’ GONNA MAKE IT OUT ALIVE. For the second single from Gold Rush Kid, “ Green Green Grass ,” George Ezra was inspired by something he witnessed on a Christmas holiday in 2018 to the Caribbean island of St. Lucia. Ezra explained on Instagram that he and friends were sitting on the beach when loud music started pl