Katerine Duska, Leon of Athens - BABEL (for GRAMMY's Global Spin)

"BABEL" performed for GRAMMY's Global Spin
Performed by Katerine Duska, Leon of Athens
Written by Katerine Duska, David Sneddon, Leon of Athens, Tobie Tripp
Produced by Tobie Tripp
Minos - EMI SA
Director: Joey Leo
Cinematography: Dimitris Lambridis
Production Mgmt: Yiannis Kouloukakos
Editing: Dimitris Vatsios
Colored by: Dimitris Karteris
MUA: Maria Veziraki
Production Assistant: Antigone Pappas
Steadicam: Stefan Knapp
Focus Puller: Vangelis Kasapakis
Electrician: Vangelis Kontodimas
"Source: Grammy.com"
Global Spin: Katerine Duska And Leon Of Athens Premiere "Babel," A Bilingual Tale Of A Love Lost In Translation
Frequent songwriting partners Katerine Duska and Leon Of Athens grapple with a relationship full of miscommunication in this emotional duet, which they debut with a powerful Global Spin performance.
"Can I love you a little more clearly?" Katerine Duska and Leon of Athens sing in the emotional chorus of their new song, "Babel." "Can we get it right? Can we talk another night away?"
In this episode of Global Spin, the two pop singers - and frequent songwriting partners - effortlessly trade off between Greek and English in a compelling performance. But as beautiful as the bilingual, harmony-driven duet may be, "Babel" chronicles a fraught relationship where, ultimately, the love gets lost in translation.
"Babel" brings the two lovers back to where they started: Frustrated and failing to see eye to eye, but still invested in one another. That narrative pairs with an equally passionate, string-filled sonic backdrop in this song, which Duska and Leon of Athens premiere on Global Spin.
The song's visual component further underscores its message. Duska and Leon of Athens perform the song from a bed, surrounded by candles and rippling water. As they wrestle through their disagreements - both lyrically and physically - the two artists make an attempt to find tenderness, but their best efforts dissolve into frustration and disconnection.
The bilingual duo have co-written several times in the past, and they're no strangers to performing together, either. Their first duet, "ANEMOS," came out in 2019; a year later, the pair released another collaboration, "Communication."
Press play on the video above to get a first look at the latest collaboration between Katerine Duska and Leon of Athens, and keep checking GRAMMY.com every Tuesday for more new episodes of Global Spin.