LIONEL BOY Shares Official Video For "Mango Michelada" + Live Video For "Tides"

LIONEL BOY SHARES OFFICIAL VIDEO FOR  “MANGO MICHELADA” DEBUT ALBUM OUT NOW via INNOVATIVE LEISURE LISTEN TO LIONEL BOY HERE WATCH LIVE PERFORMANCE OF “TIDE” VIA FLOOD MAGAZINE

Photo credit: Basil Vargas  What Press Are Saying About Lionel Boy: “Lionel Boy has kept a pretty low profile since walking into a studio for the first time two years ago, but he’s back with beautiful new music...” - The FADER "This atmospheric, lush tune from Long Beach singer-songwriter Lionel Boy is for your best daydream sessions." - Nylon "Delicately confident, addictingly groovy world. Truly, along with other recent artists such as jopippins, Lionel Boy has been perfecting a sonic statement that’s got the attitude of, say, Future with the absolutely serene sense of melody of James Blake at his softest and silkiest." - Beats Per Minute  "Lionel Boy’s reverb-soaked vocals over-saturated percussion." - UPROXX  "Mellow and honeyed as an early spring Sunday, without tasting saccharine." - The Wild Honey Pie "A vibe perfect for staring at the surf. At low tide." - Buzzbands LA "Fuses grunge, shoegaze, and early 2010s dream pop together into an original form of darkwave." - The Deli  Today, the Hawaiian-born, Long Beach-based songwriter Lionel Boy shares the official music video to “Mango Michelada,” the silky smooth, artfully laid-back tune off his debut, self-titled album. The track is accompanied by lo-fi, documentary-style visuals, shot by Casey Liu and Lionel, that quite literally take the viewer along for a ride. “‘Mango Michelada’ was made during two short months right before the pandemic between me, my friend Jacqueline and my girlfriend Casey.” Notes Lionel Boy. “The opening lines of this song, “Mango Michelada with Clamato…” were just words Jacqueline started reading off her beer can during mic check. Besides that one line and the title, the song really has nothing to do with the beverage. It’s a random title for a song we wrote during the oddest year of our lives.” “We wanted the music video to convey the same emotions we were all collectively feeling last year.” Lionel Boy continues. “From being cooped up in a small studio space drinking mango micheladas to being holed up at home during quarantine. Casey grabbed our vx camera and we all took turns driving around San Pedro and Long Beach, cooped up in Jacqueline’s car.”

Lionel Boy is out now via Innovative Leisure. Lionel Boy’s sound mixes spacey synthesizers, impromptu breakbeats & bedroom pop. The airy, jazz-cracked, electronic pop of Lionel Boy belies a wistful romanticism, a careful observational streak, and a meditative fixation on life and death. Lionel Boy is soulful and easy-going, both introspective and laissez faire, extremely mellow but never soft-headed. Listen to Lionel Boy via Innovative Leisure HERE. Last month, Lionel Boy shared an intimate live performance of “Tide” via FLOOD Magazine’s ‘Neighborhoods’ session. Watch Lionel Boy perform “Tide” HERE.