Like Water (song)
Encyclopedia
Like Water is a single by Christchurch
-born singer/songwriter
/rapper
Ladi6
. The song originally appeared on her album The Liberation Of...
released late 2010, and was subsequently released as a single in March 2011.
It peaked at number 9 on the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart
and spent 22 weeks in the top 40. Like Water was certified platinum by RIANZ in June 2011.
It was nominated for Single of The Year and director Faye McNeil was nominated for its music video at the 2011 New Zealand Music Awards.
Christchurch
Christchurch is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the country's second-largest urban area after Auckland. It lies one third of the way down the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula which itself, since 2006, lies within the formal limits of...
-born singer/songwriter
Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...
/rapper
Rapping
Rapping refers to "spoken or chanted rhyming lyrics". The art form can be broken down into different components, as in the book How to Rap where it is separated into “content”, “flow” , and “delivery”...
Ladi6
Ladi6
Ladi6 is a singer-songwriter/rapper of Samoan descent. She is currently based in New Zealand, although she spent six months living in Berlin and touring Europe in both 2010 and 2011. Her debut album Time Is Not Much debuted at number 4 on the New Zealand Top 40 Album chart...
. The song originally appeared on her album The Liberation Of...
The Liberation Of...
The Liberation Of... is the gold-certified sohphomore album of Christchurch-born singer/songwriter/rapper Ladi6, released in November 2010. It was nominated for Album of the Year and won Best Urban/Hip Hop Album at the 2011 New Zealand Music Awards...
released late 2010, and was subsequently released as a single in March 2011.
It peaked at number 9 on the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart
Recording Industry Association of New Zealand
The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand is a non-profit trade association of record producers, distributors and recording artists who sell music in New Zealand...
and spent 22 weeks in the top 40. Like Water was certified platinum by RIANZ in June 2011.
It was nominated for Single of The Year and director Faye McNeil was nominated for its music video at the 2011 New Zealand Music Awards.
External links
- Music video for Like Water, directed by Faye McNeil