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Antidepressant pop artist Largo is a collaboration of singer-songwriter Pamela De Menezes and her husband producer Stefan Myburgh. In the song Comparison is a Disease, Largo provokes conversation around the negative effects of social media, challenging the practice of comparison.
The two have created music together successfully amassing a total of 17 South African Music Award (SAMA) Nominations and 4 wins on their previous projects, including the SAMA for Highest Radio Airplay. They have been been nominated for the prestigious Song of the Year Award multiple times at the SAMA's and MTV Africa Music Awards, also featuring as performers at both of these events.
Loaded with creative energy, the duo's sound is rich in sonic and ideological complexity. The couple shares their writing and production process and snapshots of their home life on social media, showcasing the era of independent artists and authenticity.
In recent years, Largo relocated to Los Angeles from Cape Town. Through song and stories, Largo shares the struggles of immigration, the joys of starting a family, their multicultural relationship, fostering identity, and turning lemons into lemonade.
Comparison is a Disease - Largo
Comparison is a disease
Feeding on insecurity
Like a cancer it keeps eating me
And I give in way too easily
My authenticity is
Wasting away from me
And I know that it's unhealthy
But something still compels me
To follow the way you live you make it look like easy
When all of your arts a shooting star you're an anomaly
These hypocritical emotions got the best of me
Cause I'm really happy for you
But now I'm feeling kind of sad for me
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I'm feeling sick from it but still I go back
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It might make me feel bad but I'm still go back
Comparison is a disease
Feeding on insecurity
Like a cancer it keeps eating me
And I give in way too easily
My authenticity is
Wasting away from me
And I know that it's unhealthy
But something still compels me
Na na na Na na na na
Na na na Na na na na
Comparison is a disease
Of the 21st century
Comparison is a disease
Scrolling through your surface stroking all of your pretense
Feeding superficiality deep into my head
Feeling pressure to participate or lose the game
We'll need an abolition if we're turning into slaves
Scrolling through your surface stroking all of your pretense
Feeding superficiality deep into my head
Always chasing one more level up just out of reach
Makes me think that anxiety is what's currently trending