My best friends always later she just moves with the weather
She guides me with her patience and we breathe in together
Some mystics call it wisdom when we move with the weather
So change me with your nature but don’t lose me forever
Teaching all the kids and the other kids so they’ll know, so they’ll glow, solid gold
Teaching all the kids and the other kids so they’ll know, so they’ll glow, solid gold
Hey get it get it get it
Our hearts move strange
Move it move it move it move it
Feeling a lil change
Hey get it get it get it
Everyone bounce now
Move it move it move it yeah
With ‘Solid Gold’, PNAU set out to capture the hypnotic, everlasting rhythm of old disco records. The song was inspired equal parts by Nick Littlemore’s explorations into world music and the sun drenched energy of Australia, incorporating live instrumentation to create a richer, fuller sound. It’s a banger built to soundtrack good times but, Littlemore says, it’s also about “the love of a best friend and being able to depend on people”.
‘Solid Gold’ was built around the voices of two collaborators: Kira Divine and Florida’s Marques Toliver, both of whom wrote the song together with the band in Los Angeles. A chance encounter in London years ago allowed Littlemore to hear Toliver’s soulful vocals up close and in 2018, he flew the singer and violinist out to LA “on a whim” to collaborate. “We’d never even met before, but he stayed with us in our house here and we worked crazy hours making all of this music,” Littlemore says. “He’s so energetic and full of ideas”.