Composed by hip hop artist Fucking Hero, the theme song of the upcoming Sad Festival, “Morning Moon” also features the lyrics and vocals of Piya Poe Sastrawaha, aka Yokee Playboy. Within a month of its release, the song has hit the number one spot on Fat Radio. Here we speak to Poe about the experience and his future plans.

How did this project come about?
The song was composed especially for the upcoming Sad Festival, and Golf [Fucking Hero] invited me to join. We wanted to do a song for everyone who is single, so we sat down together to come up with the story. Golf said, “Single life is like the morning time. We don’t see the moon but we know it exists.” And that became the theme of the song. Golf wrote all the rap bits, while I wrote the hook.

How was it working with him?
It was my first time, even though I know a lot of his work and think he’s a talented song writer. I knew when I joined the project that it would be good, and it was.

Which is the saddest song on your own album, YKPB?
Definitely “Wan Kerd [The Birthday Song].” It’s about a man who is forgotten on his birthday. It hurts lot when some of our family members or our close friends forget our birthday. Well, I see that the problem seems to have been solved with Facebook!

What can we expect to see at the Sad Festival?
We aim to create a gloomy environment that doesn’t actually bring you down too much. It’s like coming to share a sad story, but then being able to start over in the morning. I do believe that no one can realize true happiness if they haven’t been through sadness.

It took you some time to launch the singles “Collagen” and “Ar Kard.” When can we expect to see your next solo album?
Actually, I composed other songs, for artists like Pru and even the latest single by Palmy. This year I have only this joint project with Golf. I’ll have more time to focus on my own album. If nothing changes, it should be launched three months from now.

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