Singer/songwriter/producer Bob Ele has a distinctively warm, light rasp to his voice, and has been described as “a multi-instrumentalist blending indie-electronic with a bedroom pop sound production”.
Campbell Robert College, known by his stage name as Bob Ele was raised in Durban, South Africa, where his love for music was born. After developing his song writing skills and growing into his unique sound, Bob started to pursue his passion as a career.
Bob describes his musical style as having been influenced and inspired the most by his relationship with God, friends, and family. Alongside his love for music, is his ability to make everyone around him laugh with his quirky nature and theatrical persona. Bob says “ Music inspires me, it drives me, it makes me who I am and I hope it helps you do the same. A sound that everyone can relate to and be moved by”.
‘Elizabeth’, ‘Bob Ele’s newest single, is basically all about Bobs’ hopes and fears moving to a new city without his lover, Elizabeth. The two are deeply in love and are willing to fight for the bond to continue at a distance, but Bob doesn’t want to fall away from her love. She makes life better and helps him feel a sense of worth.
The melody moves one to a place of nostalgia and gentle melona. Momentamori, shooter and director of the music video, captures the essence of what Bob is feeling in a real and personal way. Bob was incredibly sick on the shoot and even vomited once or twice, but the director felt Bob’s exhaustion on the day added to the character’s reality appropriately.
The song ends with the repeated words “I don’t wanna fall” and the imagery slowed down into a beautiful shot of the two kissing on signal hill; Sounds cheesy but the misty evening makes it feel as though the scene was shot in Switzerland somewhere.
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