Artist and Rapper Zheani Shows A Softer Side On New Single ‘Dirt On The Name Of Steven’ The Zheani Sparkes EP Out On May 29

Australian rapper, songwriter, and artist Zheani has shared ‘Dirt On The Name Of Steven‘, the second single off her upcoming The Zheani Sparkes EP, due out on the 29th of May. Produced by Lil Aaron, acoustic guitars dance over vibrant 808’s as Zheani delivers her story with a melodic trap flow and a blunt Australian Accent.

Watch ‘Dirt On The Name Of Steven’ via YouTube here.

Zheani’s lyrics paint a vivid image of rural Australia. Red dirt and rough men. She recounts a tragic story set in an Australian paradise and this contrast is mirrored sonically with intentionally heavily auto-tuned vocals set within a pristine acoustic melody.

Following the abrasive ‘DIRTBIKE‘ released last month, ‘Dirt On The Name Of Steven‘ is another chapter in Zheani’s self-reflective story. To accompany the track, Zheani shared a music video featuring rugged animations by Mik Shida that further illustrate the song’s narrative.

Speaking on the track Zheani states:

“For many years after his death I suppressed memories of my father and our relationship. In contrast to all the other adult men from my childhood he was intelligent and spiritual. This gentleness was often a topic of ridicule in an environment where the rough, heavy handed and bad men ruled. However he was also deeply flawed with an incapacity to finish anything he started and a predilection towards addiction and depression. The last time he called me I stubbornly refused to answer the phone. At his funeral I couldn’t bring myself to cry.

On ‘Dirt On The Name Of Steven’ I rap about him, I rap about men and about memories of a world I have left far behind but can’t untangle from the web of who I am.”