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The Irish hip-hop trio have released new track Irish Goodbye today (28.04.26) from their upcoming album Fenian, and M\u00f3gla\u00ed Bap – real name Naoise O Caireall\u00e1in – has reflected on how the powerful song featuring poet Kae Tempest was penned after the death of his mother in 2020.<\/p>\n
He wrote in a lengthy Instagram post: “I never meant to write a song abut this.”<\/p>\n
However, he and his brother recently saw a documentary about their father in the 90s, when he was president of the democratic forum for the Irish-speaking community.<\/p>\n
He continued: “That had a profound effect on me, seeing her happy. I was so emotional seeing her like that.<\/p>\n
“I had written a song about her before, called MAM, which came out in 2020. She was sick at the time with depression.<\/p>\n
“The idea I had in my head with MAM was, if I wrote it, she’d hear it, and maybe she’d feel her worth, because when you suffer from depression, you can’t see your own value.<\/p>\n
“At that time, we went for a walk, and I told her I had written a song for hear, but that it wasn’t completely finished yet, so I’d wait until the next week to play it for her. But by then it was too late.”<\/p>\n
He added that “suicide is hard”, and that when someone takes their own life, “it’s hard to remember the good moments” as you “get caught up in the dark times”.<\/p>\n
M\u00f3gla\u00ed Bap said of the new song: “Irish Goodbye is about the mundane things me and my Ma did together.<\/p>\n
“I never realised it was the day to day stuff I would miss when she was gone; going for a walk in the park, her giving out to me or keeping me in line, offering me pieces of advice.<\/p>\n
“It’s the small things you miss.”<\/p>\n
He revealed that producer Dan Carey penned the music, while Tempest delivers “someone so vulnerable and emotional” on the track.<\/p>\n
The rapper noted it took him “years” to come to term with his mother’ death, while therapy has helped him most, as he encouraged people to talk to someone.<\/p>\n
M\u00f3gla\u00ed Bap also hopes the song can help people dealing with similar grief.<\/p>\n
He said: “I’m hoping if people listen to the song, and watch the video, maybe something will connect that gives them some sort of relief.<\/p>\n
“You can’t carry this stuff around with you and blame yourself. It’s not your fault. It’s no one’s fault.<\/p>\n
“It’s about the process of dealing with it. And you can deal with it. You can.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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