{"id":6997,"date":"2026-03-31T19:14:54","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T19:14:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/2026\/03\/arlo-parks-beams\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T19:14:54","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T19:14:54","slug":"arlo-parks-beams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/2026\/03\/arlo-parks-beams\/","title":{"rendered":"Arlo Parks \u2013 \u201cBeams\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/arlo-parks-beams-1-1024x576-1.jpg\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;\" link_thumbnail=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/arlo-parks-beams-1-1024x576-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rapindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/arlo-parks-beams-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rapindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/arlo-parks-beams-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rapindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/arlo-parks-beams-1-267x150.jpg 267w, https:\/\/rapindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/arlo-parks-beams-1-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/rapindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/arlo-parks-beams-1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Today, twice Grammy-nominated, Mercury Prize and BRIT Award\u2013winning artist Arlo Parks unveils the final taste of her forthcoming album Ambiguous Desire with focus track \u201cBeams\u201d \u2013 an emotionally charged exploration of pain, numbness and self-acceptance surrounding the devastating theme of suicide framed by shimmering chords and tender lyrics. The song features on Parks\u2019 third album, set for release this Friday on Transgressive Records.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"fv_ytplayer_b970ac0b9087ec4c4b005b8e6751edc5\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"900\" height=\"435\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3K8uLXbEE64?origin=https%3A%2F%2Frapindustry.com%2Farlo-parks-beams%2F\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Arlo shares about the new song, \u201cIt\u2019s about the pain of feeling discarded, or feeling like the oldest hurt that you carry around like a stone is a burden not just to you but to everyone around you \u2013 the worst fear. It\u2019s about numbness and fight, flight or freeze. But it\u2019s also about trying to (slowly but surely) want better for yourself and realise that you are loveable as a whole.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cBeams\u201d joins previously released singles \u201cGet Go\u201d, \u201cHeaven\u201d, and \u201c2SIDED\u201d, which together showcase Arlo Parks\u2019 most vulnerable, self-affirming, and euphoric work to date.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Arlo Parks will be performing a series of sold-out intimate UK record store shows to celebrate the album\u2019s release, offering fans a rare chance to experience a live performance in an up-close setting. Arlo is also hosting a DJ party at Palais in Peckham on April 23rd with Lil Silva, Oscar Farrell and Sherelle (details in the flyer below) and will be appearing for a special support performance with David Byrne in Ireland this June.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/rapindustry.com\/arlo-parks-beams\/\">Arlo Parks \u2013 \u201cBeams\u201d<\/a> first appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/rapindustry.com\/\">Rap Industry: New Hip Hop, Rap Videos, Music, News, &#038; more.<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, twice Grammy-nominated, Mercury Prize and BRIT Award\u2013winning artist Arlo Parks unveils the final taste of her forthcoming album Ambiguous&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14044,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,6],"tags":[10,9],"class_list":["post-6997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-rss","tag-culture","tag-hip-hop"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14044"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6997"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6997\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}