Shane Codd has delivered a knockout anthem with his take on LYRA’s most recent single ‘Lose My Mind’. I caught up with LYRA to talk about how the infectious remix came about, the exciting return of live shows and what she has planned for the rest of the year.
“Originally when I wrote the song, I knew that it had that dance vibe naturally in it already. Then I decided why not go full dance on it and get a remix done and what better man than Shane Codd. He’s Irish, he’s amazingly talented. So we just kind of said, Hey, do you wanna do a remix? he was like yeah”
This remix is the perfect summer bop and is a fresh take on LYRA’s fantastic single. Shane Codd is an exciting artist who is on the rise. His previous hit single ‘Get Out My Head’ achieved a Top 10 smash on the Official UK Chart as well as a Top 10 hit in Ireland. Amassing over 125 million Global Streams and achieving 2 x platinum status in Ireland. I wondered if LYRA experienced a mix of intrigue and nerves when Codd agreed to remix the track and did she worry that she wouldn’t like it.
“I was, but Shane’s very good that way. He sent me a few mixes and I’d send back some notes about what I preferred and how I heard it going and he was like, okay, cool, I’ll change this bit, I’ll change that bit. He was just so good at letting me creatively be involved in it with him.”
The cover art for the remix is fierce and tasteful with an animated character of LYRA in the foreground. LYRA explained to me where the concept for the cover art came from.
“We decided we wanted to do an animation video. So that video is actually coming out like a lyric animation video. It was just something different, doing the remix was different so I just thought let’s have some fun with it and do an animation.”
“I was like, can I have that body? Please? That butt is so big I was like Yeah, I’ll have that”
‘Lose My Mind’ was released in 2021 and announced a more dance-infused tone to LYRA’s sound. This catchy bop reached # 16 on the Irish Airplay Chart, went No # 1 on Irish Homegrown Chart , reached # 4 Shazam Chart and # 2 on the Irish Artists Breakers Chart – a brilliant achievement for this talented artist.
“ It was nice to put something out because with covid and everything I just wanted something a bit more upbeat. I wanted to show people a different side to me as an artist, so it was nerve-racking to put it up but the reception was amazing”
At the time of our interview, LYRA was on a train down to Cork after attending the Indiependence launch last week in Dublin. We discussed how it felt now that shows have returned and she can finally book shows and plan for the year.
“Yeah, it’s amazing because like you said, you can plan. I’ve starting planning my outfits and setting, staging, lighting and stuff. Whereas last year I was planning half-heartedly, I was like oh, what if it won’t go ahead whereas now, it’s going ahead let’s get the costumes made, let’s get this, lets get that. We can just go for it.”
LYRA has a wonderful eye for fashion and every costume she wears on stage is well thought out and planned making her a vision on stage. We discussed the outfit she wore for her performance on New Year’s Eve in Dublin Castle where she performed her song ’ We are Beautiful’.
“Thank you. I made that myself at home in my mom’s kitchen nearly glued myself to the kitchen table a few times but yeah it was nice to make it. I was like why not I have the time”
LYRA has a talent for writing uplifting, dynamic tunes and her performance of ‘We are Beautiful’ captured the tone and feeling of everyone at the time.This appears to be a running theme with the artist; she performed her song ‘New Day’ at the pilot festival in Kilmainham and that perfectly captured the tone of everyone at the time as well. So it was no surprise that her performance of ‘We are Beautiful’ was what everyone needed to end 2021 and kick start 2022. It’s an exciting year ahead for LYRA, filled with new releases and compelling performances in the coming months.
“More releases are coming which is great. I can’t wait for people to hear my new music because I just love it and doing a lot of festivals so you’ll probably see me popping up everywhere, which is great. Yeah, it’s gonna be bigger and better this year. Definitely.”
LYRA is a diverse and compelling musical artist who is always pushing her sound to the next level. She has a talent for creating exhilarating tunes for listeners to indulge in and the production wizardry of Shane Codd provides us with a fresh take on LYRA’s dazzling songwriting and immersive musicianship.
Stream ‘Lose My Mind’ Shane Codd remix below
Author: Danu
