“Ikigai” is a Japanese word meaning to live a life with purpose, and it is also the title of the first single off Post Cards, the new EP from Nickel City MC Mickey O’Brien. Mickey discusses the trials and tribulations he and the people closest to him have suffered and how through it all he discovered his own purpose: to make music and tell his story. Produced by Fresh Kils, the beat is a symphony of constantly evolving boom bap, assisted by Zachary Clement on keys, Petr Balaz on guitar, and closing cuts by Uncle Fester, blending flawlessly with Mickey’s uplifting lyricism that inspires the listeners to live their life to the fullest and help change the world. Kilganon takes the song in a different direction with his breezy EDM remix as a bonus to the single.
Written and performed by Mickey O’Brien
Produced by Fresh Kils
Co-Produced by Mickey O’Brien
Keys by Zachary Clement
Guitar by Petr Balaz
Cuts by Uncle Fester
Remix by Kilganon
The video for “Ikigai” is the tenth video shot in collaboration with Boomshoal director Dan Jardine. With new album Post Cards inspired by and written during Mickey’s world travels touring Japan, Australia, Ireland, the UK, a few American cities, and twice across Canada in the last year, “Ikigai” was inspired by Japan but filmed on a boat in the Atlantic Ocean and locations around his favourite Canadian city, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
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