“Lucky” was only one of World Government’s album’s songs for a considerable amount of time. Though originally, it wasn’t even intended to be a single, much less one with multiple versions. However, everything had altered by the end of the summer of 2020.
The pair, who fled their native Belarus years ago, were as surprised by what was occurring during the “elections” there as were many others. World Government gave up after being persuaded by their friends to save one of the demonstrations for a music video based on the protesters’ video.
Despite the cheerful and hopeful sentiments of Belarusians and those who sympathised at the time, a lot of people were nonetheless moved by the song. Since it considered inappropriate to “market” a video at the time, the song was released without any advertising.
Those who were in the mood for it at the time described a very moving and melancholy piece with horrific video of police tyranny as “touching to the tears.” Tragically, the song turned out to be prophetic: the demonstration was put down, and the nation was painted as the villain in light of the current events in the neighbouring Ukraine two years later.
The band had a number of unfinished elements that looked too good to be lost after the previous, forced and premature presentation, which still hastened development on the song. Additionally, numerous people enquired about the song’s availability on Spotify and other services following its first “almost” release.
Therefore, it was decided to update the preparations for the album’s pre-promotion and begin by going back to Lucky. The content was readily transformed into a maxi-single with a wide variety of remixes, some of which were so dissimilar from the original that the release might easily have been mistaken for an EP rather than a maxi-single.
Thus, a prophetic song reappears in fine form, having been properly completed and polished. The band composed and produced Lucky, which was mixed at True Peak Audio by Bill Sellar and mastered there by Simon Hayworth. A comprehensive video EP featuring individual video clips for each song is included with the release.
Listen to World Government – Lucky on our link below
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