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Witch Prophet - Memory from the 2023 album Gateway Experience from Heart Lake Records.

Toronto-based neo-soul artist Ayo Leilani aka Witch Prophet recently unveiled her third studio album, Gateway Experience, which delved into her personal experience with focal aware seizures, sometimes known as D\\xe9j\\xe0 vu or D\\xe9j\\xe0 reve. They\\u2019re out-of-body experiences that include lucid dreaming and memory loss. \\u201cIf I came out with an album like this five years ago, it would probably be a little too witchy,\\u201d says the former Polaris-shortlisted artist. \\u201cNow it\\u2019s a lot less scary to talk about.\\u201d

Our Song of the Day, \\u201cMemory,\\u201d deals directly with the memory loss aspect of her unique condition. \\u201cI\\u2019m at a loss for words /Can\\u2019t remember the last time /I\\u2019ve been here /Yeah my memory keeps fading fast /Trying to hold on to the bit I have,\\u201d croons Leilani over a downtempo R&B beat. She receives backup from another shining Canadian artist, Begonia, who was nominated for a JUNO Award for Adult Alternative Album Of The Year for her critically acclaimed 2017 EP Lady In Mind and was shortlisted for The Polaris Music Prize for her 2019 debut full-length.

"\\u2019Memory\\u2019 is about my struggle with memory loss and brain fog,\\u201d Leilani explains. \\u201cThere are some days where I can\'t get the right words out, where I can\'t remember something as simple as someone\'s name or whether I\'ve taken my medication (moments after taking it). While working on the album I had a dream where I was singing with Begonia. When I woke up she just happened to be on TikTok live. I joined and told her about my dream and she turned it into a reality."

Watch the Francesca Nocera-directed claymation video for \\u201cMemory\\u201d and read the full post at KEXP.org.

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