At age 20, he started composing music by making beats on his laptop and releasing them for free online. After gaining a small following from making beats, Eyedress was introduced to Filipino singer Skint Eastwood, and they collaborated on the song "Biolumine". The song earned him attention from a French label which pushed for him to make an album, which then earned him a record deal with Abeano Records, a subsidiary of XL Recordings. On December 2, 2013, he released his debut extended play Supernatural, which he recorded in his bedroom using FL Studio.
Eyedress released his debut mixtape, Hearing Colors, as a free digital download on April 11, 2014. He released his second EP, Egyptian Night Club to SoundCloud on July 27, 2014. In September 2014, he released the single "Polo Tee" as a tribute to American record producer DJ Rashad. He released his first mixtape after leaving XL Recordings, "Shapeshifter", in 2015.
He signed to Lex Records in 2016: releasing his debut studio album "Manila Ice" the following May. That was followed by "Sensitive G" in November 2018.
Eyedress relocated to Los Angeles from Manila and began recording new songs at his home in Silver Lake.
In late 2019 and early 2020, the first singles from Eyedress' third studio album Let's Skip to the Wedding were released. These included "Jealous" and "Romantic Lover" which became viral hits on TikTok. "Jealous" was certified gold in Australia, Canada, Poland and the USA in 2021, and platinum in the USA in March 2022. "Romantic Lover" was certified gold in the USA in April 2022. The album itself was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and "Let's Skip to the Wedding" was finally released on August 7, 2020.
His next album, Mulholland Drive, was released on August 27, 2021. In September 2021, shortly after the album release, the first single from Mulholland Drive, "Something About You" went viral in the US with Rolling Stone citing the track as the fastest-rising song on American streaming services for the week ending September 23. In January 2022, Eyedress was ranked at number 35 on the Billboard Emerging Artists chart. "Something About You" was certified gold in the USA in May 2022. The album was nominated for Libera Award for Marketing Genius.
Eyedress teamed up with Filipino American artist named Zzzahara and announced their debut album together as The Simps. The album, Siblings, was released by Lex Records on February 14, 2022. The tracklist includes "Tesla," the album's first track as wells as the songs "Miss Fortunate" from 2019 and "On Fye" from 2020. The two related over their Filipino background and shared taste in music. Zzzahara soon started playing guitar in the group thereafter.
In April, 2022 Eyedress played Coachella festival with his new band debuting new material from his forthcoming album his fifth studio, Full Time Lover.[24] The album was released on August 26, 2022. It the track list consists of 28 tracks of hip-hop, post-punk and shoegaze. Shortly after the album, Eyedress released a cover of Blur's "Song 2" and he featured on Nosaj Thing track "Different Life" from the album Continua.
On October, 5 2022 an Eyedress remix of Fly Anakin, Pink Siifu & Fousheé's track "L's" was released. The next day Eyedress performed live at Elsehwere in Brooklyn headlining a Lex Records event which also included performances by Pink Siifu and Fly Anakin.
A remix of Full Time Lover track "House of Cards" by Kevin Shields was released as part of the Lex-XX remix series on January 23, 2023. RCA Records released "Flowers & Chocolate", his first single for a major label with a music video directed by Eddie Huang on February 13. In March, the RIAA upgraded certification for "Jealous" to 2x Platinum and "Romantic Lover" to Platinum.
Nature Trips
Eyedress Lyrics
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Needs to know
About this
I can't help
If you don't
Let me in
And if we don't get lost
We might never find the
I've been waiting so long
Come back to me
And just be by my side
I know I'm wrong
And I'm sorry if I made you cry
I'm not giving up
Yeah I've been doing drugs
Cuz I don't give a fuck
I just wanna forget
Everything that's making me feel bad
It's making me feel so bad
Yeah it's making me feel so bad
It's so bad
The demons are filling me up
And I need you back
Eyedress's "Nature Trips" is a poignant and relatable song about vulnerability and the struggle to connect with someone on a deeper level. The first verse of the song is a plea to a lover to let down their guard and allow the singer to see their true self. The repeated line "no one else needs to know" has a sense of intimacy to it, suggesting that the singer wants to be let inside the lover's inner world, to know their deepest fears and hopes.
The second verse is the singer's confession of their wrongdoing and their yearning for the lover to return to them. The line "I've been waiting so long" has a sense of desperation, expressing the intense desire to reunite with the lover. The singer's drug use is an escape mechanism to forget the pain of losing their lover, but ultimately they realize that they need the lover's support to overcome their demons.
Overall, "Nature Trips" is a beautiful and honest representation of the complexity of relationships and the human condition. The song speaks to the universal experience of wanting to be understood by another person and the lengths we go to connect with them.
Line by Line Meaning
No one else
This is something private that he doesn't want anyone else to know.
Needs to know
It's important that this remains a secret.
About this
He doesn't want anyone to find out about whatever he's going through.
I can't help
He is admitting that he is struggling with some issues and he can't deal with them alone.
If you don't
The only way that he'll be able to deal with what he's going through is with the help of the person he's reaching out to.
Let me in
He is asking the person to let him into their life so that he can share what he's going through.
And if we don't get lost
If they don't get lost metaphorically and go off the beaten path, they may not find what they need.
We might never find the
If they don't look in unconventional places, they may not discover what they're looking for.
Truth within us
He's searching for something that's inside him and he needs some help to find it.
I've been waiting so long
He has been hoping for someone to help him for a while.
Come back to me
He is asking the person to return to his life.
And just be by my side
He wants the person to stand by him as he works through what's going on.
I know I'm wrong
He's acknowledging that he's done something wrong in the past.
And I'm sorry if I made you cry
He's apologizing to the person for what he's done and how it's affected them.
I'm not giving up
Despite the struggle, he's not giving up.
Yeah I've been doing drugs
He may have turned to drugs to escape the pain he's been feeling.
Cuz I don't give a fuck
He's using the drugs as a way to cope instead of dealing with the root of the problem.
I just wanna forget
He wants to forget everything that's causing him pain.
Everything that's making me feel bad
All of the things that are causing him to feel down and depressed.
It's making me feel so bad
The situation is having a negative effect on his mental state.
Yeah it's making me feel so bad
He's reiterating that the situation is really affecting him.
It's so bad
The situation is really bad and difficult.
The demons are filling me up
He's acknowledging that he's being consumed by his internal struggles.
And I need you back
He needs the person he's reaching out to back in his life to help him work through what he's going through.
Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
Written by: IDRIS VICUNA
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
destinie ..
on Used to Be Good Friends
its so weird because its so relatable . me and my sf michael were so close and now he hangs out with his new friends. i hate this shit man.
steve
on Cocaine Sunday
*smokes* wow nice fuckin song budday(: