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'Scales' pairs Solange with Kelela over a down-tempo production that lets the vocal interplay breathe. The track moves between Solange's verse and a shared chorus that cycles through images of material success and surface shine: candy red things, gleaming wrists, skin glowing in moonlight. There's a tension built into the song between what the world sees and what it means, between the streets calling someone a king whilst life tells a different story. Solange's verse cuts into that tension with a sharper edge, naming the weight of inherited expectation and the pull of aspiration. The song doesn't resolve the conflict so much as sit inside it, letting the chorus return to its mantra of superstardom whilst the outro, sung by Kelela, introduces a note of caution: kindness and blindness are not the same thing. The track exists as part of a larger work that moves through the Black female experience with care and formal precision, each song accompanied by images from a digital art book released alongside the album.
"Scales" is a track by Solange, from the album A Seat at the Table, released 30th September 2016. Full lyrics are available below.
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