With “That Bench”, Baba the Fayahstudent and Boomrush Backup release a warm, slightly melancholic reggae/rocksteady tune on January 16th via Boomrush Productions, fully devoted to the act of remembering.
Carried by a riddim whose nostalgic vibes instantly bring images to mind, Baba reflects on a time in life when you believe everything will stay the way it is. A time when friendships felt effortless, days didn’t need a direction — and a simple place became your whole world. The bench. That bench.
The song deliberately breaks with Baba’s usual patterns. The riddim tempted him to open up to something new and to tell a story many will recognize: hours spent sitting together, laughing, drifting apart and finding your way back. Friendships slowly splitting, paths leading in different directions — and the awareness that these moments are precious precisely because they don’t last forever.
“That Bench” is an ode to those places of our youth: hanging out anytime and any weather, small acts of rebellion, and that feeling of infinity. And to the realization that even if good times don’t last, they never truly disappear — they stay in the heart.
A song for everyone who remembers.
