MAHAL is the seventh studio album by American musician Toro y Moi, released… Read Full Bio ↴MAHAL is the seventh studio album by American musician Toro y Moi, released on April 29, 2022, through Dead Oceans, as his first release under this label. The title is derived from the Tagalog word "mahal", which translates to "love" or "expensive" in English.
"I feel like I’m bold here: I’m in a place where I’m confident in what I have to say and how I’m going to say it. there’s several audiences that I’m trying to cater to as I grow. It’s all about being intentional, things may take a little bit longer, sometimes even making the right lyrics or sounds. It has to feel right and be an example of progress. I want to give to all of these themes and more.
Mahal means either “expensive” or “love” in the Tagalog language, something I’ve inherited from my identity as an African-American of Filipino descent. Even naming a J Dilla-esque song after a Filipino word, I didn’t have the vision or didn’t know where it was going at the time, but taking time to build these worlds, feel out what I want to say. That allows me to explore who I am and put that on paper in a way that best represents my thoughts and feelings."
– Toro y Moi, via Bandcamp Daily
"I feel like I’m bold here: I’m in a place where I’m confident in what I have to say and how I’m going to say it. there’s several audiences that I’m trying to cater to as I grow. It’s all about being intentional, things may take a little bit longer, sometimes even making the right lyrics or sounds. It has to feel right and be an example of progress. I want to give to all of these themes and more.
Mahal means either “expensive” or “love” in the Tagalog language, something I’ve inherited from my identity as an African-American of Filipino descent. Even naming a J Dilla-esque song after a Filipino word, I didn’t have the vision or didn’t know where it was going at the time, but taking time to build these worlds, feel out what I want to say. That allows me to explore who I am and put that on paper in a way that best represents my thoughts and feelings."
– Toro y Moi, via Bandcamp Daily
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MAHAL
Toro y Moi Lyrics
Clarity Come on along the road of clarity Cleanness you wash upon…
Days In Love Guess I better mark my calendar (guess I better mark…
Déjà Vu Lord have mercy, child What do you need? What do you…
Foreplay Damn, another fucking heatwave Tell the ice cream man kill t…
Goes By So Fast Is it true, there's a past life where I met…
Last Year I learned to love the rain last year I was stuck…
Magazine Nothing here to see, factory's overseas Cut down all these t…
Millennium Let's pretend we're floating over everyone Let's forget the …
Mississippi Mississippi It's where I always go It's what I call my home …
Postman Hello, Mr. Postman, did I get any mail today? No? Okay,…
The Loop Oh my, where did the weekend go? Oh man, Monday snuck…
Way Too Hot Mother Mary pray for me I don't think I'm around Left…
Haya Hindash
on New Loved Ones
I think the lyric is actually "And she's on her knees" instead of "and she's on her needs." :~)