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Cherub Child

by Toby Corton

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Co-produced by Toby Corton with Earl Saga (Finn Askew, J.Grrey, Arlo Parks, Easy Life) and mixed by John Hendicott (Jamie Woon, Chipmunk, Nick Mulvey), Cherub Child is about the process queer members of society go through where their instinctive, pure, innocent and angelic ways of expressing themselves are put through this constrictive filter of growing up in a straight world. Toby explains, “I think I was very aware even from a young age that I was queer, even if I didn’t know what it meant, I had a constant feeling of difference. Even now, I sometimes catch myself in certain situations tacitly apologising or obfuscating my queerness so it's not the first thought someone has about me, because for a very long time my first thoughts in every social situation was, ‘do you think they can tell? Will they treat me differently when they do know?’ I’m very much singing to myself, telling myself to keep going and following my queer intuition.”

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LYRICS:

Cherub Child, why are you scared?
You’ve got love in tablespoons it’s been fed.
Yeah You, yet grown, in the garden you’ll outgrow
Though life will try trim you down to size as you go.

Though life will try trim you down
Keep on, lift them feet of the ground
Yeah, looking forward baby
Don’t look back just ahead

Just ahead, just ahead, just ahead, just ahead

Cherub Child, I know why you’re scared
Yeah, you got love to give but not in the way you’re meant to, or so you’ve been lead
To believe, you’ll try to deceive yourself, make it up in your own head
Yeah and, they’ll keep on trying to bring you down until your spirit’s dead

Though life will try trim you down
Keep on, lift them feet of the ground
Yeah, looking forward baby
Don’t look back just ahead, just ahead

Though you’ve got wings to grow
Rose cheeks under a halo’s glow
Though they’ll try to dim it
You’ll just rise above, rise above

Rise above, rise above.

credits

released October 13, 2021
Artist, author, co-producer, vocals and keys - Toby Corton
Lead co-producer, guitar, beat and keys - Earl Saga
Co-producer, bass and guitar - Jammaz Jamz
Co-producer and mix - John Hendicott
Master - Clinton McCreery (clintonmixedthis)

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Toby Corton London, UK

Toby Corton is a 28 year old queer creative currently based in East London.
Toby has been making music since 2017 and he has worked with and had support from the likes of Bimini Boulash, COLORS, BBC Introducing, Dazed and Earmilk.

A refreshing mix of retro and modern influences, Toby's sound is “a modern
British take on neo-soul, jazz, soul and R&B with an indie sensibility" ... more

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