Artist bio

Member 1: My name is Chloe Touma a.k.a. Monarkey. I am 25 years old and live in the region of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. I am a music producer, and the founder and owner of Musiqmatch's Canadian record label whose mission is to promote cultural exchange and diversity, and work on creating meaningful and engaged projects that spread love, acceptance and peace. I started my career as a child performer and featured in a Christmas music album. I got to sing with local artists and even share the stage with Céline Dion. I was given many opportunities to sing in telethons and work with professionals. As I grew older, I felt a calling for music composing and producing, and participated in several projects and productions where I was finally able to create unique sound and music for specific footage, campaigns and singers. Wanting to help emerging artists of all backgrounds and showcase more diversity in our industry, I founded MusiqMatch in 2018, and seeked talents of different styles, cultures, and countries, and collaborated with them to create new music. Wanting to help them with resources they did not have access to, I gathered all the necessary means to record, mix and launch their music, film music videos and givethem a voice and a place to share their music with the world. Member 2: Sri Lankan Hip Hop sensation and TV host Yashan De Silva is known for his good deeds and volunteering work for those in need. He is an ambassador of Christ and inspires Christian communities worlwide. Member 3: Kenya De Silva, also ambassador of Christ, is also Yashan's wife and a vocalist. The song "Love Is In The Air," which is the song we created the present music video for, is her debut single.

Title

Love Is In The Air

Artist Statement

After terrorist events that occured in the country against Christian communities and churches, "Love Is In the Air" was meant to bring unity, love, and faith across the nation. It is a special song because it is the result of a unique collaboration between artists of very different countries, cultures and music styles, who decided to create something positive and unifying. Sri Lankan Hip Hop sensation and TV host Yashan, who is known for his good deeds and volunteering work for those in need, came up with the idea of creating a peace song to spread love and peace across Sri Lanka and other nations. I (Chloe) was totally on board, and felt it resonated with my mission to promote cultural exchange and fight against ignorance, as aiming to fight all evil.

How it fits into contest

The rap part of the song is key and resonates with the Spiritual Battle, goov versus evil. There are evil as well as good forces having an impact on the world, and the lyrics of the rap aim to bring out the best in us, the "inner happiness" and "faith in God" which can heal, instead of feeding negative thoughts and emotions: "imma fight the good fight. I won’t let you cry, I am here to represent Jesus Christ, Inner happiness is the new peace, That’s exactly what you missing, makes you weak, let you weep in your soul so deep, Don’t let the fear & stress beat you or defeat, Life is hard when you are on your own, Jealousy and envy kills you alone, You miss love even when you are grown, And that’s what I’m speaking of outta this song, Righteousness, the secret of living, Faith in God is the, secret of winning, You find love, peace and victory in him, I tried and I won so I’m singing for him"

Credits

Lyrics by Yashan De Silva
Music composed, arranged and mastered by Chloe Touma a.k.a. Monarkey
Vocals by Yashan, Kenya De Silva and Monarkey
Record Label: MusiqMatch
Music video shot & produced by Digital Eye Studio
D.O.P. and video edited by Upul Chandana
Outfits by Namal Balachandra
Makeup by Ruchira Liyanagamage
Hair by Dhanushka @Salon Liyo

Special thanks to Gamini Chamara, Mujee S Silva, Lochana Helanka @Helanka Shoes, Yoosuf Mucksood @Men

Follow us on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/darealyashan/
https://www.facebook.com/ladymonarkey/
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Follow us on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/yashan_insta/
https://www.instagram.com/kenyadesilva/
https://www.instagram.com/musiqmatch/

How to Purchase this Artwork

Single available for streaming or purchase through all platforms, including:
https://musiqmatch.bandcamp.com/track/love-is-in-the-air
https://open.spotify.com/track/0SJpxd3a6pzLtJEse1vPhz?si=vUOfR24hQyeAyW7F-L1NkQ

Transcript / Lyrics

ජාති කුලභේද නෑ ආයේ
එක්වෙමු මේ හොදම කාලයයි ආවේ
ගනිමු ජය අපි බලයෙන් ප්‍රේමේ
රකිමු රට රැකෙමු අපි මිතුරේ

Translation:
“There are no racial differences
This is the perfect time to be together
Let's win, we love with power
Keep the country safe”

Rap:
Let me flow with love, as the sun is bright
Spread light in your heart, positive vibes
imma fight the good fight I won’t let you cry
I am here to represent Jesus Christ
Inner happiness is the new peace
That’s exactly what you missing, makes you weak, let you weep in your soul so deep
Don’t let the fear & stress beat you or defeat
Life is hard when you are on your own
Jealousy and envy kills you alone
You miss love even when you are grown
And that’s what I’m speaking of outta this song
Righteousness, the secret of living
Faith in God is the secret of winning
You find love, peace and victory in him
I tried and I won so I’m singing for him, come on

Chorus:
ජාති කුලභේද නෑ ආයේ
එක්වෙමු මේ හොදම කාලයයි ආවේ
ගනිමු ජය අපි බලයෙන් ප්‍රේමේ
රකිමු රට රැකෙමු අපි මිතුරේ

Translation:
“There are no racial differences
This is the perfect time to be together
Let's win, we love with power
Keep the country safe”

I ain’t a superstar, I’m a brother in Christ
As you and me we live under one sky
For us to conquer Jesus paid the price
I bring glory to him as I write my rhymes
You must try, love has the power to heal
You win as long as you keep it real
Real love is the best medicine my dear
Throw your hands up, put it in the air if you hear
Vocals of Ceylon in a Canadian beat
Kenya and Yashan we take it deep
Chloe got it popping we love you heaps
As the scripture says we sow what we reap
All I talk is love, the beat is love
My heart is love, what I feed is love
Love one another, give and forgive
Share what you have, it’s the way to live

I’m here with love
It’s all about love
I vote for love
Now it’s time to build
Like one vigil
Call it a peace song drill

ශ්‍රී ලංකා භූමි මා නමදීමි සැමදා
ශ්‍රී ලංකා භූමි මා රැකගමි සැමදා

Translation:
My Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka Lands I Protect

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