{"id":30790,"date":"2017-02-02T02:35:12","date_gmt":"2017-02-02T00:35:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sodwee.com\/blog\/?p=30790"},"modified":"2025-05-31T12:40:33","modified_gmt":"2025-05-31T10:40:33","slug":"formation-drops-friend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sodwee.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/formation-drops-friend\/","title":{"rendered":"Formation drops ‘A Friend’"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I\u2019ve covered my favorite band of 2016 \u2013 Formation<\/a> \u2013\u00a0many<\/a> many<\/a> times<\/a> before<\/a>. Today the South-London twin-brother duo drops a new video and track called \u201cA Friend\u201d. Not that long ago, it was all about \u201cDrugs<\/a>\u201c. Today we witness the love\/hate relationship of an unnamed man (Isaac Money, australian actor based in London according to IMDB<\/a>) fighting with Will Ritson (one of the twins in the band) who himself seems to impersonate some sort of addictive substance (my personal take on the lyrics and music video). Fighting against, kissing, embracing his addiction half-way through the video and ultimately coming to ends with it in\u00a0an ultimate punch. It\u2019s very effective story-telling, the video is very well produced and directed by David Silis in a London underground subway carriage. The track is all you\u2019d expect from Formation<\/strong> too : Groove, power and know-how dominate throughout the performance. Cow-bells still here to add a little fantasy to the picture and lyrics. And Dang!, those lyrics are good :<\/p>\n\n\n\n