Basia Bulat shares ‘Disco Polo’, the third single from her new album Basia’s Palace, out February 21st. A folk song named for a genre of Polish dance music beloved by her late father, the track honours the dichotomy of Bulat’s musical inheritance from him and her mother.
“This is an homage to what I feel like is the two sides of my musical lineage–my mother was a classically trained piano and guitar teacher, and my father’s favourite genre was Disco Polo. About the only thing we could all agree on was the oldies radio station that was the peacemaker of our home when I was a child,” she says. “I wanted to write something that felt like a folk tale about those genres and how they still influence me after all this time–even now every time I sit down at the piano all those different musical worlds swirl around each other and try to dance together in my mind.”
‘Disco Polo’ is accompanied by an evocative, elegant video directed by Nora Rosenthal. “For some reason we never talked about referencing ‘Disco Polo’ as a genre of 1990s Polish music until we were practically on set, but I like to think that somehow the fan blowing Basia’s hair is its own little reference to that era.” Rosenthal explains.
Bulat also makes her first extract in French for ‘Baby’. She notes “Special request from my two daughters who wanted to sing in French with me!” You can listen to ‘Baby (French Version)’ here.
Listen / download ‘Disco Polo’ here.
Pre-order / pre-save Basia’s Palace here.
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