XTRA is out with a new release titled, Father.
Father by XTRA comes off as not just a song but as a quiet reflection, a gentle wave in the stream of time that reveals the essence of what it means to love in silence and to carry the weight of sacrifice without asking for anything in return.
It is a delicate tune, a meditation on the father’s unspoken strength – the strength of one who loves without expectation or transactions, one who works in the corners, whose presence is felt not in grand appearance, but in the stealth of his being. There is a softness in this song, one that is loud of a love so deep and strong it does not need to announce itself, but instead, reveal it softly.
In the heart of this music, one senses not the brashness of youth’s ambition, but the telling of a story told in the quiet moments of living. XTRA, in his youth, was perhaps not seen. His dreams, in the beginning, were met with resistance, a father who did not quite understand, whose belief came only at the end.
The end, however, is not one of finality but of connection – when the father, with his limited time, gave his blessing, asking his son to release Father as a final wish, a closing of one chapter, and the opening of another. This is the song of a promise kept, of a son reaching through time to fulfill a request that holds deep far beyond what words can contain.
XTRA’s journey began in 2007 as one of a continuous self-reinvention. His early music was an attempt, a reaching towards something greater. The disillusionment of the broken Starboy Music deal stands in sharp contrast to the tender resolve found in the simplicity of Father. Through those years of hardship, XTRA did not retreat; instead, he grew. The pain of his experience is heavy in his lyrics, the struggles made beauty and into something that changes mere storytelling.
Today, with the weight of thousands of songs, XTRA’s voice is no longer one of uncertainty. It carries the wisdom of time, of trials endured, and of love, not of fathers alone, but of all who give of themselves without recognition, who stand steadfast and resolute in the quiet.
In essence, Father by XTRA is an elegy, a soft surrender to all that is lost and all that remains, a tribute not just to the man who raised him but to the very pride of fatherhood, of love unspoken but deeply felt. He freely offers us a truth, so fragile and enduring, that will remain with us long after the final note fades.
Listen up!