"Shangri-la aka Rannalle" is a song written by Ian Erix, TCT and Erik Nyholm.
In Scandinavia, the song was nominated for the 2014 summer hit by radio station The Voice. The song was originally ranked second but it eventually won the vote to be named Best Song Of The Summer. The track climbed to the top of the single charts for several consecutive weeks reaching #5 on national radio charts and #3 on the iTunes Download Chart. Overall, the song was the fourth most played radio song in Finland in 2014 and on 24 July 2014, it was announced to have sold enough copies to be awarded gold record status.
The TCT music video for the song was released in April 2014. the video features several Finnish celebrity cameos.
In 2015, American singer Ian Erix released the English language version of "Shangri-La". Erix' video premiered on Vevo in Spring 2015 and features Erix on a wild summer holiday in the notorious hedonistic European party resort of Sunny Beach, Bulgaria. As of 1 June 2015, a month before the single's official UK radio release date, the clip has been viewed nearly a million times and has broken into YouTube's Top 40 pop charts in Europe. On July 10, 2015, in regard to Ian's video the UK's most famous newspaper The Guardian reported that music is over because Ian Erix has spoiled it for everyone!
Imperfection, new temptation
Innocence will breed new life
Disillusion, desperation
Free my mind and let it rise
Mass enslavement, brutal torment
Tomorrow will they see it clear
Resurrection, disconnection
Substance that can make us fly without fear
Without fear!
Never to be seen again
Ever to release the pain
Renewal of your mind
Female's poison, male aggression
Distance to reality
Foreign places, fallen kingdoms
Always keep secrets from me
Subliminal, disciplinal
The art of lying lives on and on
As we struggle, as we suffer
Inferior to life renewal has begun
Never to be seen again
Ever to release the pain
Renewal of our minds
Renewal of my mind
Renewal of my mind!
Isolation, illumination
Modern men embrace the light
War believers, peace deceivers
Remaining in eternal night
Politicians, fake musicians
Create no relationships
Hate frustrators, penetrators
Resistance from a path that should not exist
Never to be seen again
Ever to release the pain
Renewal of my mind...