Rob Luce's Reel

Sometimes, rarely, I feel perfectly relaxed and content. On the night I wrote To Be, I was feeling particularly grateful for my existence and consciousness. I doubt that there's a purpose to our existence. How could there be? But that doesn't mean we shouldn't revel in it. Sometimes you've got to step into the stream and dance.

I was in a bad place, trying to find my feet in a foreign culture/economy, when I wrote Super Stressed-Out Man. It's frustrating to be misunderstood and have your potential go unrecognized. It's even harder to get up when you keep getting knocked down. And the worse things get, the harder it is to turn it all around...

I lived in South Africa, a notoriously violent country, for many years and considered buying a gun to protect myself and my family. Gun (Welcome to South Africa) is a heavy, grinding song about that debate and what I ultimately decided. South Africa is a beautiful country, populated by beautiful, friendly people. But life is hard and the government is riddled with corruption. The few f*** everything up for the many.

Disconnect is a hard rock song about the problems we face online. As individuals, we contend with bullying, humiliation and feelings of inadequacy. As a society, we've been divided by disinformation and we're angrier and more paranoid than ever. We need to be engaged, but we have to educate ourselves and think critically so we aren't so vulnerable to manipulation. If you're in too deep, disconnect.

I used to meditate and when my mind wandered I would think, "Just do it. Just..." then silence the voice in my head. That was the inspiration for Air Zen, a funky, humorous song about trying to find peace in a world full of distractions.

Watch the positive RazorKutt vibes spread from Soweto to Joburg and across South Africa. Get up and move. Dance in the street. Work up a sweat this summer, S...

Listen to Not Going Down on Spotify. Beautiful Losers · Song · 2018.

Listen to Once Around the Sun on Spotify. Club of Suns · Song · 2019.

Listen to These Days on Spotify. Beautiful Losers · Song · 2019.

Listen to Mexico on Spotify. Club of Suns · Song · 2020.