The Hill - 'Butterfly' (Broken Hill NSW)

Desert Pea Media are very proud to present the release of the debut single from ‘The Hill’. A collective of Indigenous young people, community members and Elders in Broken Hill, NSW.
Back in June 2023, the DPM Creative Team spent a week working with the Broken Hill Community, in partnership with Making Tracks - Far West NSW, an organisation focused on inspiring and empowering disengaged youth in Broken Hill & Far West NSW.
‘Butterfly’ is an emotive, melodic trap banger that articulates a very brave and inspiring conversation about the hard realities of growing up and living in Far West NSW. The song explores the impact of trauma and grief on the nervous system, and points towards positive pathways of connection to country and cultural identity.
Desert Pea Media is a community-driven media organisation that has been working to amplify the voices of remote and regional communities in Australia for over two decades. Through innovative arts and digital media initiatives, Desert Pea Media empowers individuals to tell their stories and celebrate their unique perspectives. www.desertpeamedia.com
Collaboratively written and produced by Desert Pea Media (featuring music by Sydney-based artist PEVCE.
Funded by the Department of Regional NSW.
Special thanks to the Wilyakali People of the Broken Hill region.
LYRICS
Kicking back with the fam an we keeping it real keeping it real keeping it real,
Sunset and we keeping it chill keeping it chill,
Moonlight over silver city - city lights an the nights feel still
Trying to fix this broken hill, broken hill
Welcome to 2880 where them drugs get sold like gravy,
Ain’t nothing been going on lately,
This towns been slowly fading,
Its thrills that everybody chasing,
Fight or flight we escaping
Trauma got my heart beat racing
I don’t feel like waking
My people fall through the cracks. Bored. Lack of support. In need of a talk.
Needing a walk. Fighting these thoughts. Going off track. Fighting a war in my head.
Under attack. Not enough said. Is it the lead. I feel it inside. It’s cold again.
I can’t hide from these butterflies. No matter how hard I try.
HOOK
Butterfly I don’t know where ima go but I’m gone try,
Butterfly butterfly deep inside
I let it go I let them fly, Butterfly
I’m feeling low I’m feeling high
Butterfly
We do this for our elders
They kept us safe an sheltered
They taught us how to be selfless,
So we do this for you
We do this for them
CO-WRITERS/PERFORMERS
Tyshon Riley, Eric Forbes, William Riley, Maliq King, Bogan Quayle, Jasmine Bates, Kruse Ebsworth, Lorraine Dutton, Jannali Doncaster, Toby Finlayson, Daniel Glossop & Desert Pea Media
PRODUCTION CREDITS
Toby Finlayson - Co-Director/Camera 2/Facilitator/Co-Writer/Co-Producer/Project Co-Director
Samuel Vines - DOP/Editor/Effects/Co-Director
Jannali Doncaster - Co-Writer/Co-Facilitator/Co-Director
Daniel Glossop - Music Producer/Sound Engineer/Co-Writer/Co-Facilitator
Lorraine Dutton - Co-Facilitator/Co-Writer
Scott Large - General Manager/Co-Producer/Co-Facilitator/Photographer/Graphic Design
Nick Andrews - Colour Grading
Nathaniel Sherwood - Audio Mixing/Mastering