Enkay47 - shooting stars
Enkay47 is an alternative hip-hop artist with over 130,000 monthly Spotify listeners. Rising in prominence in the underground community through using a fierce delivery and emotionally charged lyrics.
The newest song by Enkay47 is a confessional singing ballad titled “shooting stars”. Gentle guitar strums start the acoustic song’s instrumental melody. As the brief intro passes, Enkay47’s vocals cut through with self ruminating lyrics his fans have come to expect from his music.
Introspective thoughts are layered throughout the three minute song. The first and second verses of “shooting stars” recall past trauma experiences afflicting Enkay47 as a youth. A confident yet calm cadence continues forward as Enkay47 confesses past unhealthy coping. Learning self indulgent behaviors, using substance abuse to numb himself from his own abuse experienced in childhood.
During the chorus of the song the instrumental’s guitar drops heavier while Enkay47 sings softly. Along with the cadence delivery change, the mindset of the chorus differs from the rap verses. Enkay47 wistfully wishes upon shooting stars, praying to continue to make it through day by day.
At the time of this article’s release, “shooting stars” has already gathered almost 20,000 streams on Spotify alone within one week. Enkay47’s work ethic in music pays off with his consistency. “Shooting stars” is the the 25th song released this year by Enkay47. With already multiple million total streams across all platforms, the potential of Enkay47 is beyond the stars he wishes upon.
