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  • Poor Boy (2023)
  • Music Video | 3 min | Music
Poor Boy (2023)
Music Video | 3 min | Music
In the final verse of his latest single, Sheldon Universe makes a noteworthy confession. Even if he had a million dollars, he tells us, he'd still be the "Poor Boy." It's a statement of frustration and an acknowledgment of the brutal ...See moreIn the final verse of his latest single, Sheldon Universe makes a noteworthy confession. Even if he had a million dollars, he tells us, he'd still be the "Poor Boy." It's a statement of frustration and an acknowledgment of the brutal difficulty of social mobility. It's also a bit of a boast. The Toronto-based Goan-Canadian pop singer is telling listeners that no matter what happens to him, he'll retain the qualities associated with poor kids: humility, persistence, drive, and an unquenchable thirst for achievement. All that ambition comes through brilliantly in the wildly catchy, passionately performed, stubbornly unique "Poor Boy" - a summer anthem for a season spent on the grind and an electropop anthem with the soul of the blues. In two tight verses and one indelible chorus, Sheldon Universe has given us a character sketch with terrestrial concerns and cosmic implications. The narrator looks longingly at the houses of the rich and wonders how the inhabitants got their money; he sings about his dedication to music and his past life as a hardworking percussionist; he pledges his fidelity to a girl who, he believes, deserves more than he can give. The implication is clear: if a man this talented can't get ahead, what hope do the rest of us have? See less
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Composer
Sheldon De Souza
Editor
Pasquale Marco Veltri
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Aug 4, 2023 (Canada)

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