This song means a lot to me as an artist because it's a community record. The record is about and for the community. The song talks about the vision of what Avalon is, what it's making itself into, and what it's going to be. This song was basically written in the future tense of what Avalon is to become in this community and in all other communities across the world.So along with fellow artist Alexis Allon, we came up with theme music for 'From Blight to Beauty'. We came up with the theme song for 'positivity over poverty'. We came up with the theme song to be the audio for what the village stands for and what Mama SHU's vision is – a vision that is turning into a reality. All the key elements of what the village is are in this song.
Here's the track:
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