DJ Laurinda XShows: New Album — When Love Fades
A Brand Art Emotion Remix Edition
August–September 2025 | Nexth iTV
With When Love Fades, DJ Laurinda has proven again that she is more than a producer, more than a songwriter—she is an architect of emotion. Each episode of this album is not just a track; it’s a chapter in a living story of passion, tenderness, fracture, and memory. Where Episode 4: These Walls lingered on silence and the slow dissolution of intimacy, Episode 5: London Boy shifts the light—this time into memory, longing, and the kind of love that burns bright but fades too soon.
The Meaning of London Boy
At first listen, London Boy sparkles like a love letter—a portrait of whirlwind romance, told with DJ Laurinda’s signature layering of warmth and melancholy. The lyrics sketch a vivid journey: West Coast sunlight giving way to London fog, laughter on Oxford Street, stolen kisses in Soho, secrets whispered in taxis, the thrill of rain-drenched nights in Brixton.
But Laurinda’s brilliance is in the undercurrent. This is not just nostalgia—it is longing sharpened by loss.
When she sings “I got a thing for a London boy / Soft-spoken thrill in a basement noise”, it feels intoxicating, yet fragile, as though she already knows this magic cannot last.
The pre-chorus—“I sip tea like I always did / But it hits different in your flat in Brixton”—is not just romance, it’s the ache of ordinary rituals forever changed by memory.
And in the outro—“Boy, I fancy you”—the repetition fades like fog: a whisper that clings, even as the love itself disappears.
Laurinda doesn’t just tell us about romance; she lets us feel how even the brightest flame can leave behind only shadows.
DJ Laurinda’s Soundscape: Rain, Memory, and Electricity
Musically, London Boy is Laurinda at her most cinematic. The production layers a playful beat with muted synths, rainlike percussion, and a bassline that moves like midnight trains across the city. She balances intimacy with expansiveness—turning whispered verses into soaring choruses that feel as alive as London streets at night.
Her phrasing is deliberate: soft and teasing in the verses, swelling with urgency in the choruses, then retreating into near-whisper in the outro. The restraint mirrors the story itself—joy burning into silence, love fading into memory.
Why London Boy Matters in When Love Fades
If These Walls was about absence, London Boy is about presence that lingers even when the person is gone. It captures the way certain loves are tied not just to people but to places, voices, accents, and atmospheres. Laurinda makes London itself a character—its fog, its rain, its neon streets all woven into the fabric of longing.
In the arc of When Love Fades, this episode stands as a bittersweet interlude: a reminder of what was beautiful, before the inevitable decline. It’s heartbreak disguised as nostalgia, joy retold through the lens of loss.
The Art Beyond Sound
As with every episode, London Boy is paired with visual storytelling from Princess Laurinda iArt Gallery. Here, the imagery glows: neon reflections on wet pavements, silhouettes under streetlamps, thrift-store coats turned into crowns, and hazy shots of Soho nights. The visuals echo the lyrics—romance painted as fleeting, fragile, yet unforgettable.
Together, the music and imagery transform London Boy into more than a song. It becomes a memory-space—where listeners are invited to step into Laurinda’s London, feel the fog, taste the rain, and ache with her.
DJ Laurinda’s Craft: Making Memory Sound Eternal
With London Boy, DJ Laurinda cements her artistry as not just a musician, but a translator of human experience. She takes the intoxication of fleeting romance and reshapes it into rhythm, poetry, and resonance. She shows us that even when love fades, its echoes remain—etched into streets, into sounds, into hearts.
For listeners, Episode 5 is recognition: that city where you once loved, that person who changed the way the world felt, that fleeting fire you still carry in your bones. And Laurinda turns it into something timeless.
When Love Fades continues this August and September on Nexth iTV.
With DJ Laurinda, even a single night in the rain becomes unforgettable sound.
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London Boy
[Verse 1]
I said I love the west coast sun, warm skin and cinnamon
But your voice in the fog, babe, that’s where it all began
You were leather jacket, too-cool stare
Oxford Street wind in your messy hair
I laughed, you teased
That night never left me
[Pre-Chorus]
And now I sip tea like I always did
But it hits different in your flat in Brixton
You called me “darling,” I lost my grip
Guess I like the way the cold air kissed
[Chorus]
I got a thing for a London boy
Soft-spoken thrill in a basement noise
He loves my drawl, calls it “sweetly strange”
We dance in your flat when it starts to rain
Took me to Soho, kissed me in the rain
Your hands, your laugh, I’ll never be the same
I love a London boy
Boy, I miss your name
[Verse 2]
I knew heartbreak in L.A.,
But you undid me halfway down the M1
Told me secrets in the taxi lane
Then made me blush under Tower flame
No bright lights, just streetlamp gold
And your fingers tracing my hair
[Pre-Chorus]
Now I crave cold streets and your East End smile
Guess I fell hard for your no-rush style
You laughed, 'We’ve got our own little world
and baby, you’re the only home I need
[Chorus]
I got a thing for a London boy
Eyes like dusk and a heart full of noise
He loves my sass, says “You’re kind of mad”
I love the way he pulls me back
Walked me through Camden, touched me like a sin
You said “this city’s ours,” and I let you in
I love a London boy
Boy, where’ve you been?
[Bridge]
Show me Hackney, I’ll show you how I dream
In a thrift-store coat, I felt like a queen
Forget Bond Street, babe, you’re the luxury
Your arms are all I need
[Final Chorus]
I got a thing for a London boy
Midnight trains and the softest noise
He loved my fire, I loved his chill
Still feel his touch in the winter still
Took me to Highgate, let me inside his world
We swore that magic never ends
But it fades like fog
Boy, I fancy you
[Outro]
London boy...
Boy, I fancy you...
Boy, I fancy you
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Lyrical Creation: © 2025 DJ Laurinda
Musical Arrangement: © 2025 DJ Laurinda
Art Creation: © 2025 Princess Laurinda Art Gallery
All Rights Reserved Copyright © 2025 DJ Laurinda + Princess Laurinda Art Gallery
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