JJ then brought the element of dealing with haters and fakes by rising above the negativity. I think having a positive headspace really helps you overcome and navigate difficult situations, and I wanted to put that message across in my verses.Īlso it’s never a FRGN track without some wrestling references! I think wrestlers such as Stone Cold, Shawn Michaels and Ric Flair portray such confidence that you can’t help but be inspired by their personas. You know what they say, it’s just a setback before the comeback. For me, it’s about embracing the peaks and valleys of life. Jjdroy and I wrote our parts separately but we briefly discussed the main theme I wanted us to cover in our lyrics. Why did this theme resonate with you and Jjdroy? And why did you guys choose to highlight topics like dealing with people who are fake, past relationships and pro-wrestling? “Dust It Off” is about bouncing back from setbacks. We put our 'frolleague' FRGN in the spotlight to talk about paying homage to the 90s, personal setbacks, and what basketball's got to do with it: If you ever feel like giving up or letting go Yes, Chumbawamba might have given us their riotous pub anthem, 'Tubthumping', in 1997, thunderously declaring 'I get knocked down, but I get up again, you're never gonna keep me down'.īut Wonderwall.sg's own Farhan Shafie (aka FRGN) and pal Jake Joshua Deroy (aka Jjdroy) have paired up to echo this attitude in a decidedly more modern and thoughtful way that brings the drama - check out FRGN's verse in their 90s-inspired single 'Dust It Off', for instance: For everybody’s ever been told no

In these troubled COVID-infected times, what sentiment could be more relevant or resonate more than this? It's a familiar inspirational trope that has followed humankind through the ages, to stay focused on the positive and, to quote a famous Blue Tang, to 'just keep swimming'. In 1944, American songwriters Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer penned the song 'Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive', which highlighted that the key to happiness was to: Ac-cent-tchu-ate the positive,

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