German artist Pablo Brooks is rapidly marking his name as one of his nation’s most promising indie-pop newcomers.
‘Overexposed’ is lifted from Pablo’s second EP, entitled ‘Pleaser’, and showcases a melancholic style of sound that feels dark and emotive, while the lyrics reflect on the experiences of being a young adult in this modern world that we live in.
“The song was born, when I went to the studio one day to write a dance track, but when we accidentally played back the drums in half-time, the track kind of wrote itself and turned into my little ‘self-hate-anthem’. I wrote the lyrics when I was on vacation with my bets friends, at the beach, in a time where I should’ve been very happy, but for some reason wasn’t. You learn a lot about yourself in your early 20s. Sometimes too much, too fast. Especially about how much your childhood influences your present self and basically all your actions. I tend to overthink and overanalyse everything I do and look for a possible explanation. But after a while that just made my head explode (‘My past is a ghost now, breaking my window, wish I was better at being alone’). This song represents feeling overstimulated with everything, being 20, living in an urban jungle like Berlin, losing yourself, losing perspective of what you know and looking for the answers of questions that can’t really be answered.”
As an talent on the rise, Brooks has performed in more than fifty shows over the last two years – with most of them being sell-out events. The musician has also headlined his own concerts all across Germany, as well as other international cities like Amsterdam and London.