Atomic Baby thrills with “Opium”

Atomic Baby is a British musician from West Yorkshire, England. Known for making experimental music with his own vocal style, he advises that his main musical influences come from Death Grips and the 80’s to 90’s U.K. club music scene. “Opium” is the third release from his debut album Manhunt, which was inspired by the 2003 Rockstar Games computer game of the same name, and which depicts Atomic Baby’s own take on that scenario in Carcer City.

The song is based on the idea of releasing unwanted things from the past, on the theory that you can’t always live with the mounting weight of dread holding you down, regardless of how poorly you perceive yourself or the acts you commit. The song is an uplifting one that encourages listeners to give any situation their all and then move on accordingly.

“Opium” is highly motivated from the nightclub scene in Blade 2 where a huge brawl breaks out. This is evident with the song’s heavy, thunderous bass line, accompanied by a fantastic melody with a brutally chaotic undertone, which all speak to each other in a harmonious unison as an accomplished finished article.

The song was written, produced and finely tuned by Atomic Baby in its entirety, which was no mean feat, given that he was still in a fairly adolescent stage of learning how to mix vocals when he made the song in 2020. Atomic Baby claims that “Opium” took a combined total of 561 hours of work to complete, which he proudly says was worth every single second.

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