Houg Tells His Interpretation of Time in Debut Album, ‘The Biting Tempo’

Singaporean Chillwave artist-producer, Houg’s upcoming debut album, ‘The Biting Tempo’, has been released on all major digital streaming platforms. 

The past year has seen Houg continuously releasing luscious grooves in the form of new collaborative singles with musicians all over Asia, breaking boundaries in his form of pop sensibilities and creative processes, to form his awaited debut album, ‘The Biting Tempo’. The album tells the latest chapter of Houg’s living stint in Australia from 2017 to 2020,  that was full of ups and downs, dealing with turbulent things such as decayed relationships, introspective stubbornness, and poor lifestyle choices.The album’s focus single, ‘DXO’ leans towards a trippier side of time.

About “The Biting Tempo” album and single!

The single explores time between 2 lives, the morning hustle of a part-time day job, and the evening musician. The dread of waking up in the cold hours before daylight to fulfill daily obligations, and compounded by the knowledge that tomorrow will bring the same dread and with it, the time-warped grogginess that defies the chase of wanting to be immersed in the music community. Houg explains, “Musically, I sought to express my faux upbeat feelings about this routine –  not too fast, and yet it’s exciting and a trippy doldrum. This is all while singing about how everything doesn’t make any sense and how hard it is for me to find my own fulcrum. The mood of the track is very reminiscent of how those moments subconsciously felt for me during the time – a mixture of excitement, fear, confusion, and doubt.”