Karantin
"Karantin" is a song about the masks people wear, and the way that fame can make it hard to know who you can trust. The track, by Bosnian rappers Jala Brat and Buba Corelli, was released on 12 April 2020, during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite the title, which translates to "Quarantine," the song is not about staying home. As Mondo noted, it is about "the face under the mask," a meditation on the people who surround you when you are successful. The song opens with a picture of the people who claim to protect you. "Brane te, brane te, brane one prave, je / Pljuju rave te, prave razne zavjere / Kraljice tame sve, vole te i hvale te / Daju la?ne savjete, pretvore se u a..." They defend you, they defend you, they defend the real ones. They spit on you, they make various conspiracies. Queens of darkness, they love you and praise you, they give false advice, then they turn into... It is a song about the fickleness of the people around you, about the way that those who seem to support you can turn on you in an instant. The song is one of the "quieter" tracks from the duo, as Mondo put it, far more restrained than their more provocative hits like "Kim Karda?ijan" and "Ple?e ko da se j***." It is a more introspective song, a moment of reflection in a catalogue that is usually full of bravado. The production is moody and atmospheric, matching the song's darker themes. For a reviewer, "Karantin" is a reminder that Jala Brat and Buba Corelli are capable of more than just party anthems. It is a song about the loneliness of success, about the difficulty of knowing who to trust when everyone seems to want something from you. The title is fitting: in a way, fame is its own kind of quarantine, isolating you from the people who were there before you made it. It is a thoughtful, introspective track, and it shows a different side of the duo. |