Balance is the key to Hunter/Game's music. It's part of growing up in Milan… Read Full Bio ↴Balance is the key to Hunter/Game's music. It's part of growing up in Milan - a sophisticated urban centre for film, fashion and art, but whose inhabitants relish the contrast of spending reflective time in the nature that surrounds the city.

It started in 2010 with the "Just This" parties. Hunter/Game's own party, held in secret locations round the city, Just This has made Milan a compulsory stop for the touring electronic artist - from early shows that focused on local acts like Mind Against and Tale Of Us, growing to far bigger events with names like Dixon, Seth Troxler, Koze, Tennis and other DJs in Hunter/Game's worldwide scene. And alongside the parties, the duo have released on Innervisions, Rumours, Last Night on Earth, My Favourite Robot, Hot Creations and Dynamic - with a Kompakt release in early 2015 - and each EP has earned more fans for their lush, deep-grooved analogue soundscapes.

In 2015, alongside a heavy Europe and North American touring schedule, Hunter/Game will open the doors of the new Just This vinyl label. Distributed by Kompakt, the label opens with the leftfield electronic dance stylings of Danish-Icelandic band Primal, a Hunter/Game release, and another to come within five months. With a stylistic approach that leans toward Hunter/Game's own, Just This releases are aimed at the discerning dancefloor, but are as influenced by the wild ambition of 80s electronic acts as by contemporary analogue production techniques.

The Island
Hunter/Game Lyrics

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She always claimed to be a bad-ass girl
She said 'nobody can touch me, nobody can hit my world'
So I just stood aside and watched her fall to her knees
Until the day she stopped saying 'fuck you' and started saying 'please'

I just want to live in this world free
And I just want to be praised for being me
I'm so tired of following your standards of what to do

Who cares if I just met you, I know that I'm in love with you

So lay back and take a toke
And laugh hard at my joke
It's okay if you choke
Better luck next time

Now she's flipping through this world like it's an endless fashion magazine
And she'd die for her passion, but she can't find an in between
He always says he loves her, but she doesn't really care
'Cause the one she really loves would never dare

She takes a stroll through this park and thinks of impossibilities
She thinks how easy life would be, if she could live with the rocks
and the trees
She kills herself over the things she doesn't know
Like all the paths she could be taking and destroying her ego

I just want to live in this world free
And I just want to be praised for being me
I'm so tired of following your standards of what to do
Who cares if I just met you, I know that I'm in love with you

So lay back and take a toke
And laugh hard at my joke

It's okay if you choke
Better luck next time

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of "The Island" by Hunter/Game paints a picture of a rebellious and independent woman who once claimed to be a "bad-ass girl" who couldn't be touched by anyone. However, she falls to her knees and starts saying "please" instead of "fuck you." It is a metaphor for how we all fall and become vulnerable when things do not go as we planned. The lyrics go further to show how she is so tired of following societal standards of what to do and desires to be free, embraced, and loved for who she is. The woman desires to be in control of her life, but everything seems hard, and she keeps wondering if she made the right choices. Everything seems impossible, and she kills herself over the things that she does not know.

The lyrics also indicate that the woman has a lover, but he doesn't seem to be the one that she loves the most. She thinks of the impossibilities and how she could be different if she accepted the things that she couldn't change. The song's vocals and instrumentals are intertwined in a perfect mix to tell the story of the woman who desires to be herself without societies' expectations. The chorus "I just want to live in this world free, and I just want to be praised for being me" encapsulates the theme of the song.

Line by Line Meaning

She always claimed to be a bad-ass girl
She projected a tough exterior to others

She said 'nobody can touch me, nobody can hit my world'
She felt invincible and untouchable

So I just stood aside and watched her fall to her knees
I let her live her life and watched her suffer the consequences of her actions

Until the day she stopped saying 'fuck you' and started saying 'please'
She realized she needed help and humbly asked for it

I just want to live in this world free
I desire to be liberated and unrestricted by society's rules and norms

And I just want to be praised for being me
I want to be accepted and appreciated for who I am, not who others want me to be

I'm so tired of following your standards of what to do
I am exhausted from conforming to society's expectations

Who cares if I just met you, I know that I'm in love with you
I follow my heart and feelings, despite what others may think or say

So lay back and take a toke
Relax and smoke marijuana

And laugh hard at my joke
Find humor in my lighthearted comment or remark

It's okay if you choke
It's acceptable if you accidentally inhale smoke and start coughing

Better luck next time
Hope for better success or outcome in the future

Now she's flipping through this world like it's an endless fashion magazine
She is constantly changing perceptions and opinions, like flipping through pages of a magazine

And she'd die for her passion, but she can't find an in between
She is passionate but struggles with finding balance in her life

He always says he loves her, but she doesn't really care
She is indifferent to the love and affection shown by someone else

'Cause the one she really loves would never dare
The person she truly loves is either too afraid or unwilling to reciprocate her feelings

She takes a stroll through this park and thinks of impossibilities
She walks and contemplates the impossible things in her life

She thinks how easy life would be, if she could live with the rocks and the trees
She dreams of a simpler life and disconnected from society's pressures and expectations

She kills herself over the things she doesn't know
She obsesses over the unknown and what ifs in life

Like all the paths she could be taking and destroying her ego
She feels pressure to make the right decisions and the fear of damaging her self-esteem

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