BUSHROD Relives His Lockdown Experience on the Alt Hip-Hop Gem “Doing OK”

Rising UK alternative artist BUSHROD has returned with the honest new single “Doing OK”, a light-hearted nod to the struggles he’s gone through over the course of the last national lockdown.

Inspired by his experience of being made redundant from his job in graphic design at the start of the pandemic, the breezy, guitar-driven song details how the Banbury-born singer/rapper has told friends that he’s been fine despite the recent adversities that he’s faced.

The track serves as the first offering from the emergent talent since his sophomore mixtape Twentyhood, which explored more indie rock-driven sonics and landed earlier this year. Speaking about “Doing OK”, BUSHROD explains: “I think it’s so ingrained in British culture, when someone asks how you’re doing, you just reply ‘yeah, I’m great thanks’ even if you’re not.”

“In a way I was trying to keep up appearances and putting on a poker face, because I was scared that people would judge me for not working or doing much with myself during lockdown. Me releasing this song is kind of a ‘fuck you’ to self-doubt and almost getting my own back on my old workplace for cutting me off – showing people that I now actually am doing bigger and better things.”

Stream “Doing OK” below: