When the Bills Keep Climbing, Grown Folks Understand This Song
Bills Keep Climbing by ThomasKd turns rising prices, everyday expenses and grown-folks responsibilities into an original R&B song about a reality millions understand. Rent or mortgage. Groceries. Electricity. Insurance. Gas. Phone bills. Subscriptions. Repairs. You handle one expense and another one seems ready to introduce itself.
That is everyday grown-folks life, and sometimes the best way to deal with it is to put a beat behind it.
ThomasKd Production has plenty of music about love, relationships, dancing and good times. But grown-folks music should also recognize what happens when the music stops and somebody has to open the mail.
Some Songs Come Straight From Everyday Life
You do not need an elaborate story to understand Bills Keep Climbing.
You need a mailbox.
Or an email inbox.
Or one trip through the grocery store where you look at the total and wonder what in the world you bought.
Those experiences are part of adult life. They also give songwriters plenty to talk about.
Grown Folks R&B Has Room for Real Life
One reason I enjoy creating grown-folks music is the range of stories available.
Life is not one long romance.
Sometimes you are dancing with somebody you have loved for years. Sometimes you are thinking about somebody you lost. Sometimes Friday night finally arrives and you are ready to enjoy yourself.
And sometimes you are sitting at the table wondering why the electric bill looks like somebody added a car payment to it.
That belongs in the music too.
THE GROWN-FOLKS EXPENSE REPORT
You bought the same things. The receipt got longer.
Turn off those lights. We are not illuminating the entire neighborhood.
Another renewal notice. Another number to stare at for a few seconds.
Somehow it all wants its money at the same time.
There Is Humor in Recognizing Yourself
A song about bills does not need to sound depressing.
That would miss the point.
Part of the fun comes from recognition. You hear something in the lyrics and think, “Yep. I know exactly what he is talking about.”
Music has always helped people talk about real life. Love. Work. Money. Family. Heartbreak. Celebration. Frustration.
Bills Keep Climbing belongs in that tradition, except this time the villain might be your grocery receipt.
“Being grown means knowing exactly when the bills are due without looking at the calendar.”
Listen to Bills Keep Climbing by ThomasKd
If you have ever looked at your monthly expenses and wondered when everything decided to get more expensive, this one should sound familiar.
Watch Bills Keep Climbing on YouTube
What Bill Makes You Shake Your Head?
Everybody seems to have one.
Is it groceries? Electricity? Insurance? Property taxes? Cable? Your phone bill?
Or is there one expense where you swear the company spins a wheel every month before deciding what to charge you?
Leave a comment on the video and tell me which bill keeps testing your patience.
ThomasKd Production Is Music About Life
That is the larger idea behind ThomasKd Production.
The songs do not need to pretend everybody is 25 years old, living in a nightclub and spending every waking hour chasing romance.
There are plenty of stories after 40, 50, 60 and beyond.
There is love. Humor. Attraction. Family. Confidence. Frustration. Dancing. Memories. Peace. And yes, there are bills.
Those experiences give grown-folks music something worth talking about.
More ThomasKd Music Is Waiting
Explore more original R&B, soul, funk and smooth jazz from ThomasKd Production. You will also find ThomasKd on major music streaming services.
