{"id":2565,"date":"2021-02-07T21:06:39","date_gmt":"2021-02-07T21:06:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sunslice.com\/media_projects\/?p=2565"},"modified":"2025-11-07T22:22:58","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T22:22:58","slug":"mykey-finds-freedom-in-the-rearview-with-mazda-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sunslice.com\/media_projects\/2021\/02\/07\/mykey-finds-freedom-in-the-rearview-with-mazda-5\/","title":{"rendered":"MyKey Finds Freedom in the Rearview with \u2018Mazda 5\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MyKey \u2014 *\u201cMazda 5\u201d (feat. marinelli)*<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-2568 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/sunslice.com\/media_projects\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_8577-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sunslice.com\/media_projects\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_8577-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/sunslice.com\/media_projects\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_8577-170x170.jpeg 170w, https:\/\/sunslice.com\/media_projects\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_8577-60x60.jpeg 60w, https:\/\/sunslice.com\/media_projects\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_8577.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>There\u2019s a kind of quiet rebellion humming under *\u201cMazda 5.\u201d* It\u2019s not loud or chaotic \u2014 it\u2019s the sound of youth in motion, cruising through the suburbs with nothing but a half-tuned guitar and too many thoughts to name.<\/p>\n<p>**MyKey**, joined by **marinelli**, turns a humble car into a symbol of escape \u2014 the kind of ride where you roll down the windows, let the wind blur your worries, and feel infinite for three and a half minutes. The production leans on lo-fi textures and honest vocals, the kind that sound like they were recorded with the heart slightly too close to the mic.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">There\u2019s something beautifully cinematic here: soft reverb, offbeat <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-2567 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/sunslice.com\/media_projects\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_8578-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sunslice.com\/media_projects\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_8578-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/sunslice.com\/media_projects\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_8578-170x170.jpeg 170w, https:\/\/sunslice.com\/media_projects\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_8578-60x60.jpeg 60w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>percussion, and the subtle ache of growing up too fast but not wanting to stop. It\u2019s that familiar mix of melancholy and mischief that makes MyKey\u2019s sound so magnetic \u2014 effortlessly blending introspection with playful sincerity.<\/p>\n<p>Released in early 2021 under **Warner Records**, *\u201cMazda 5\u201d* captures what SunSlice calls the *indie daydream zone* \u2014 that perfect balance between polished and personal. MyKey and marinelli aren\u2019t just singing; they\u2019re documenting a feeling we all chase: the simple, fleeting freedom of a drive to nowhere in particular.<\/p>\n<p>For the SunSlice crowd, this one hits the open road right where it should \u2014 between nostalgia and next weekend.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 *bQuarterly for SunSlice Artist Digital Magazine* \ud83c\udf1e<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong data-start=\"206\" data-end=\"226\">Label \/ \u2117 Rights<\/strong>: \u201c\u2117 2021 Warner Records Inc.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/soundcloud%253Atracks%253A975918118&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc; line-break: anywhere; word-break: normal; overflow: hidden; white-space: nowrap; text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif; font-weight: 100;\"><a style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"MyKey\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/mykeytheartist\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MyKey<\/a> \u00b7 <a style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"Mazda5 (feat. marinelli)\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/mykeytheartist\/mazda5-feat-marinelli\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mazda5 (feat. marinelli)<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MyKey \u2014 *\u201cMazda 5\u201d (feat. marinelli)* There\u2019s a kind of quiet rebellion humming under *\u201cMazda 5.\u201d* It\u2019s not loud or chaotic \u2014 it\u2019s the sound of youth in motion, cruising through the suburbs with nothing but a half-tuned guitar and too many thoughts to name. **MyKey**, joined by **marinelli**, turns [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1260,"featured_media":2569,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[117,101,141,96,20,68],"tags":[178,202,198,200,196,195,194,201,197,199],"class_list":["post-2565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-independent-music-production","category-indie-pop","category-indie-produced","category-indie-singer-songwriter","category-music-production","category-sunslice-music","tag-bquarterly","tag-indie-daydream","tag-indie-drive","tag-lofi-dreams","tag-marinelli","tag-mazda-5","tag-mykey","tag-road-to-nowhere","tag-sunslice-artist","tag-tasty-indie-pop"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sunslice.com\/media_projects\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sunslice.com\/media_projects\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sunslice.com\/media_projects\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sunslice.com\/media_projects\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1260"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sunslice.com\/media_projects\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2565"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/sunslice.com\/media_projects\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2565\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2577,"href":"https:\/\/sunslice.com\/media_projects\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2565\/revisions\/2577"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sunslice.com\/media_projects\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sunslice.com\/media_projects\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sunslice.com\/media_projects\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sunslice.com\/media_projects\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}