I am still very much in the room
It’s a quiet truth of adult life: you play your role all day, then slip into something louder when no one’s watching. Giggs gets this. And in his latest track “Gorgeous”, he doesn’t just flip the switch — he celebrates it with swagger, wit and total self-possession.
Where “11th of May” placed him in the park with the kids and the dog, this is the night after. “Dropped the kids off at their mums and I’m ready for a few drinks,” he admits, laying out the emotional logic of the pivot. This isn’t a reinvention. The other half of the same man is the side that still needs to breathe.
From the jump, “Baddies in my car look gorgeous / And we’re going my yard, big fortress”, the tone is set: it’s cheeky, indulgent, and absolutely unapologetic. Giggs lets his bars run free over a beat that feels like fog creeping through the estate — heavy, cinematic, and just unpolished enough to feel honest. Credit goes to Jeremy Davis (of Paramore's past) for an instrumental that doesn’t chase the zeitgeist but instead builds a fortress for Giggs’ slow-burn bravado.
There’s something freeing about hearing a man who’s done the inner work still flex with charm. Punchlines land with a wink: “smelling good, Bacarat, got my grabba in my ting while I crush a plant.” It’s funny, menacing, grounded, and rooted in a world most try to imitate but few can hold with authority.
“Gorgeous” isn’t just about glamour; it’s about presence. The right to exist in both peace and chaos. To be the dad and the don. And to remind everyone, without raising your voice, that you’re still very much in the room.
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