by MATILDA/FROGGY34

‘Remember our best’ is the first FROGGY 34 release featuring Matilda following her A/ B side ‘4PM’/ ‘LOOK UP’ featuring froggy last year. This was written about loosing contact with many of her friends since moving to university in 2019. She see’s it as an ode to the free party days of what once was and as a reminder to remember the good times they all shared rather than the difficulties that come with moving away and loosing contact. The final mix and master was done by Dani Doom who brought the track to life making the sound universal from your headphones to the shubs.

Matilda is a third-year popular music student. ‘MATILDA’ channels her creative expression across various genres meshing together her sensitive perspectives in songwriting alternative neo/soul with her more recently found passion for electronic music, more specifically a genre she coins ‘bubble gum liquid drum and bass’ under a persona ‘FROGGY34’. However universally, her lyrics are often honest yet poetic, drawing from her childhood out in the sticks to her experiences as a young adult moving to London city. As the genres are so drastically different, Matilda allows herself creative freedom by separating her online identities trying not to be held captive to one facet of her imagination.

She is a DIY artist, who self manages her creative projects alongside her studies but this has been healthy for the development of her creativity. However this hasn’t been a problem with receiving recognition from the industry with her being asked to support Joy Crookes on Carnaby street in partnership with Nike in 2020.

Matilda/Froggy 34 now regularly DJS at the CLF Art Lounge, the first Wednesday of every month, where they champion Nu-Jazz student artists across the area.

She can be found on Instagram at @matildaabaates, or on her DJ page at @froggy_3_4, or on her band page at @matilda_mannequins.

edited by Shayda Soleiman