Roy Nnawuchi (born in Hackney, East London), better known by his pseudonym … Read Full Bio ↴Roy Nnawuchi (born in Hackney, East London), better known by his pseudonym Dean Blunt, is a British musician, singer-songwriter, record producer, and conceptual artist. Blunt is best known for both his solo work and his partnership-based creations with avant-garde groups Hype Williams (featuring himself and Inga Copeland) and Babyfather, a hip-hop project comprised of himself, DJ Escrow (alias of poet James Massiah) and Gassman D; he was also the co-founder of London rock band Graffiti Island. He has been described as "a prolific, category-rejecting artist" and "an art-pop provocateur."

Blunt embarked on his solo career in 2011, releasing a set of albums as well as several EPs and singles. His full-length studio albums, The Narcissist II (2012), The Redeemer (2013), and Black Metal (2014), received attention and praise from various music publications.

Blunt has also hosted conceptual art exhibitions in the past, an example of this is a minimalist exhibition displaying a building site hoarding wall accompanied by a crowd dispersal alarm.[citation needed].

Blunt is also known for his playfulness and obfuscation. In 2015, he sent his bodyguard to accept his Philip Hall Radar Award at the NME awards. In 2016, he listed a toy Foxtons estate agents Mini Cooper filled with marijuana on eBay. At a New York concert, in March 2016, media guests were asked to check in under aliases that they had received with their ticket confirmations.

Demon
Dean Blunt Lyrics

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I suppose that everybody knows
Seen a horse about today
I don′t suppose that I was meant to know
It was gonna end today
Guns over there, money over there
So I suppose I wasn't meant to know
Bombs in there, change in there
What do you think, girl, I wasn′t gonna know?

(So what did you do?)
(What you did was wrong)
(Wrong)
I suppose, girl, that everybody knows
Seen a horse about today
Doesn't seem that anybody cares, no
Cares, no
Cares, no...
I came home late all this week
Only late by fifteen minutes
That's how long it takes to meet me

I′ll come home early next week
I′ll come home early next week

Overall Meaning

The song "Demon" by Dean Blunt is a reflection on the futile nature of life and events that are out of an individual's control. The beginning of the song covers the idea of everyone having knowledge of what is going on around them, even if they do not have an immediate understanding of the situation. The reference to seeing a horse may represent the dread and foreboding of impending danger which is imminent but not visibly recognisable. The following lines, "I don't suppose that I was meant to know, it was gonna end today," hint at the idea that the event in question was inevitable, and there was nothing anyone could do to prevent it.

The middle section of the song references guns, money, and bombs, suggesting a world of chaos, change, and greed. However, the questioning of "what do you think, girl, I wasn't gonna know?" indicates a kind of acceptance of the state of the world. The subsequent repeated phrases of "wrong" may represent a recognition of flawed actions, followed by a sense of resignation that the wrong will continue to happen, and there is nothing anyone can do to eradicate it.

The final lines of the song, "I came home late all this week, only late by fifteen minutes, that's how long it takes to meet me, I'll come home early next week," suggest a mundane life. The theme of time management and balancing obligations is present, with the idea that something as simple as being fifteen minutes late can cause issues. The idea of "I'll come home early next week" could be interpreted as a way of trying to fix mistakes—the acknowledgement that things can be made better, even if only marginally.

Line by Line Meaning

I suppose that everybody knows
It's common knowledge

Seen a horse about today
Encountered something unusual

I don′t suppose that I was meant to know
I wasn't informed

It was gonna end today
Something was going to happen today

Guns over there, money over there
Possibly referring to illegal activity

So I suppose I wasn't meant to know
I wasn't supposed to find out

Bombs in there, change in there
Possibly referring to further illegal activity

What do you think, girl, I wasn′t gonna know?
I'm aware of what's going on

(So what did you do?)
Asking about someone else's actions

(What you did was wrong)
Passing judgment on someone else's actions

(Wrong)
Affirming the previous statement