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Black Mercedes is the first single from Rachel Kerry’s latest project ‘Bad Road Trip’- a reflective and revengeful dive into the emotions surrounding a real life bad trip haunted by a black Mercedes driver. Rachel’s unease at existing in her own hometown is drummed out in the track’s heartbeat, made up of twisted field recordings of spluttering engines and clanking tools.
Never knowing if she might bump into HIM, Rachel takes control, throwing her middle finger up and burning her anger onto the windscreen of every black Mercs she sees. Along the way, she recruits a legion of other middle fingers - the haunted, the exhausted, the plain f*cking angry.
Her trauma is going to take a long time to heal, but it’ll also take a while to get roadside assistance if HE runs out of diesel on the M1. Small victories.
Rachel penned the track in early 2020 and produced it with long time collaborator Joe Rodwell. The duo squeezed out a single live performance before lockdown, giving fans just a morsel of what the future sounds like for Rachel Kerry.
In the accompanying music video, her directorial debut, Rachel holds the titular black merc hostage and plans its destruction, thinking that with every scratch, dent, and smash, she will wrestle a part of herself back from its hold. After battling with herself and toying with the Mercedes, she realises she can’t destroy the car. That she doesn’t need to. She walks away, and despite the lack of shattered glass and ruined bodywork, she feels lighter.
lyrics
I USED TO GO TO THE PLACES I THOUGHT YOU’D BE
NOW I’M SCARED YOU’RE TWO STREETS AWAY FROM ME
(HUH)
AND I’D SHOW AT ALL YOUR SHOWS, SO YOU’D SEE ME
BUT THEN YOU CHOSE TO ACT UNFORGIVABLY
(NATURALLY)
YOU KNOW YOU’VE GONE TOO FAR, BUT GOT YOUR CREAM
YOU ALWAYS CHOOSE TO SEE WHAT YOU WANT TO SEE
SOME CHOICES ARE FINE WHEN YOU ARE 23
BUT 27 AND SO PREDATORY
IS PRETTY BLEAK
SO, IS IT OKAY IF I SWEAR AT BLACK MERCEDES NOW?
CAUSE I KNOW YOU’LL BE SOMEWHERE ROUND TOWN
DOESN’T SOLVE ANY PROBLEMS
I DOUBT
YOU KNOW WHAT YOU’VE DONE
SO, I HOPE YOU RUN OUT OF
DIESEL ON THE MOTORWAY
RECOVERY’S SO FAR AWAY
NOW YOU KNOW HOW I FEEL
IF IT TAKES AS LONG AS IT TAKES ME TO HEAL
YOU’LL BE THERE FOR YEARS
- GET OUT OF HERE -
- YOU WANT ME TO HELP YOU OUT? BACK OFF MATE -
I THINK IT’S TIME FOR YOU TO GO
YOU’VE GONE TOO FAR
GONE TOO FAR
WHERE’S YOUR SELF-CONTROL?
SOMETHING ELSE YOU NEED TO KNOW:
YOU GET WAY TOO MANY UBERS FOR SOMEONE WITH A CAR
THAT EXPENSIVE
SERIOUSLY MAN, GET OVER YOURSELF
SO, IS IT OKAY IF I SWEAR AT BLACK MERCEDES NOW?
CAUSE I KNOW YOU’LL BE SOMEWHERE ROUND TOWN
DOESN’T SOLVE ANY PROBLEMS
I DOUBT
YOU KNOW WHAT YOU’VE DONE
SO, I HOPE YOU RUN OUT OF
DIESEL ON THE MOTORWAY
RECOVERY’S SO FAR AWAY
NOW YOU KNOW HOW I FEEL
IF IT TAKES AS LONG AS IT TAKES ME TO HEAL
YOU’LL BE THERE FOR YEARS
- GET OUT OF HERE -
- BUT IF I ACTUALLY SEE YOU THOUGH,
I’VE GOT A LINE OF PEOPLE READY TO PUNCH YOU IN THE
FACE -
- I’M GONNA TALK ABOUT FIVE NOISES THAT CARS CAN
MAKE
HOW TO FIND OUT WHAT THAT NOISE IS
AND HOW TO FIX IT
WE HEAR NOISES
SO, I’M GONNA TALK ABOUT
FIVE NOISES THAT CARS CAN MAKE
AND HOW TO FIX IT -
YOU’LL BE THERE FOR YEARS
I HOPE YOU RUN OUT OF DIESEL
RECOVERY’S SO FAR AWAY
YOU’LL BE THERE FOR YEARS
credits
released March 4, 2022
Written by Rachel Kerry
Produced by Rachel Kerry and Joe Rodwell
Mixed by Joe Rodwell
Mastered by Taylor Pollock
Artwork by Michael Ruddlesden
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