Icelandic artist Uni Stefson is trying to figure it out what modern-day masculinity looks like. On his latest track "Man Feelings," he tackles that question head on, singing in an auto-tuned falsetto, "Can't you see that I'm a man behind these feelings/Goodbye, I don't think you understand that I am leaving." According to Stefson—who also heads up the band Retro Stefson—"Man Feelings" is a "reflection on masculinity from the perspective of a male of my generation. Times are changing, and the people too."So why the falsetto? What is a "man feeling"? Who is he leaving? Questions aside, we can still enjoy the trance chords that stab into the ethereal pop song. The production was done by the Reykjavík-based artist's friends, local hip-hop producers Jói and Ingi—the same team behind the debut album of Icelandic rapper Gísli Pálmi, an album Stefson calls "true masterpiece."Catch Stefson at Iceland's Secret Solstice this month, the festival that put together the world's first glacier rave.Uni Stefson on Facebook // SoundCloud
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