Hallucinogen (EP)
Hallucinogen is the debut extended play (EP) by American singer and songwriter Kelela. It was released on October 9, 2015, by Warp Records and Cherry Coffee Music. According to Stereogum, the EP covers the beginning, middle, and end of a relationship in reverse chronological order. Writing and recording In an interview with The Fader, Kelela discussed the inspiration behind each of the songs on Hallucinogen. "A Message" and "Hallucinogen" were recorded at the same session with Arca before Cut 4 Me was finished. She wanted to wait on sharing the Arca stuff because she "wanted to go all the way with her." "A Message" reflects on a relationship that, at that time, had just ended. It's about taking responsibility for how you participated in a relationship and to use the experience to create something completely new for myself. She wrote the song with Arca and then took it to her long-time collaborator and friend Mocky. She stated that most of the time she's "thinking about who's gonna help me evoke the most feelings. Alejandra definitely does that, for sure, and Mocky and I also have that rapport. We can talk about the hardest part of the hard thing to talk