Tion Wayne’s newest single pulls no punches. “Streets A Lie” builds around a haunting Billie Eilish sample from “Ocean Eyes,” transforming her ethereal vocal into something raw and reflective.
Wayne’s always had a talent for balancing street realities with genuine emotion, and this track shows a different side to the North London artist.
The production sits in that moody space between introspection and intensity. Throughout the track, Wayne unpacks the false promises of road life: friends who disappear when you’re locked up, the paranoia that comes with success, the weight of watching younger relatives get pulled into the same cycle.
Lines about his mother crying, about trying to save his younger brother from a path he knows too well, hit different.
The visual hammers home this perspective shift. The video review captures Wayne surrounded by luxury trappings he’s earned through the music, but there’s a weariness in how it’s shot.
From where he’s standing now, perched at a height most from his ends never reach, he’s got the stripes and the scars to pass on knowledge.
You see him in designer garms, expensive whips, the full works, but the delivery makes it clear these things came at a cost. It’s a man who’s learnt from mistakes telling younger ones the streets sold them a myth.
What makes this work is how Wayne keeps it measured. He’s not shouting or posturing, just laying out uncomfortable truths over a production that gives him space to breathe.
The Billie Eilish sample could’ve been gimmicky, but it’s deployed cleverly, her refrains punctuating Wayne’s bars like a conscience he can’t shake.
For those following Wayne’s trajectory, “Streets A Lie” marks genuine growth from the artist.
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