Video: Declan McKenna - Kids Don't Wanna Come Home

Hard-hitting, in it's own adorable way. Declan McKenna and his teenage contemporaries tackle global politics, prejudice and the crippling indecision of the information generation.

Also, has anyone noticed how this song sounds like an edgier Belle and Sebastian?

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The best and worst of New Music Friday

I listened to those whopping great Spotify / Apple "new music" playlists so you don't have to. (You're welcome, etc.)

1) Halsey - Not Afraid Anymore
Halsey kickstarts an important linguistic debate: Should it be "anymore" or "any more"?





2) Loyle Carner - Damselfly
Reflective, jazzy, superb.





3) The Chainsmokers - Paris
Fearlessly exploring the law of diminishing returns, this single "rhymes" the words Paris and parents.





4) Declan McKenna - The Kids Don't Wanna Come Home
Snackable indie-pop, as featured on the blog earlier this week. The streaming version ends with a very odd studio outtake, in which Declan is harrassed by a kid who appears to have eaten two dozen Kinder eggs.




5) Verité - Phase Me Out
Like Tove Lo, without the swears.




6) Laura Marling - Wild Fire
God, I'm so middle aged.




7) Julia Michaels - Issues
As previously noted on "these pages", this is a fantastic pop single.




666) Ralph Felix and SDJM - The Heat (I Wanna Dance With Somebody)
An assault on music. An assault on Whitney Houston. An assault on common decency.

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Declan McKenna - The Kids Don't Wanna Come Home

Young Declan McKenna isn't afraid of a hot potato*.

His single Brazil was an indictment of FIFA; while Isombard took Fox News to task for its divisive reporting on America. His latest effort, The Kids Don't Wanna Go Home, was written in the aftermath of the deadly attacks on Paris two years ago, and acts as a rallying cry to the iPhone generation.

"It's generally about the frustrations of being a young person in the modern world," he told Radio 1's Mistajam, who premiered the single last night. "There's a lot of scary things going on that people are concerned about it’s about finding hope and looking towards the future."

"The song came together when I was in Paris around the time of the attacks and the day after I kind of realised that I now felt the emotions that I was trying to put into this song, and it all became quite real for me. That kind of fear and frustration but also a longing for change".

Hear it below.


* Metaphorically speaking. For all I know, he could be terrified by a bowl of spuds.

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