BEST EX (formerly Candy Hearts) feel the end-of-summer nostalgia coming on just like the rest of us, and have put out the bittersweet "See You Again" video, premiering on EARMILK. "See You Again" is the first music video under Best Ex's new name and is the latest single off of Ice Cream Anti Social, released last month on Alcopop! Records.
"See You Again" finds Singer/Songwriter Mariel Loveland, as EARMILK put it, "condensing all those 'young summer love' feels" into a wistful, warm anthem of longing. Mariel told EARMILK the song was born out of a connection made on Warped Tour years ago, saying "it felt like every day was just counting down to when we'd never see each other again." The nostalgic nature of the song is reflected well by the video's filmic, handheld movie reel styled production. Best Ex "See You Again"Ice Cream Anti Social is a glistening artistic re-imagination for Mariel, who has taken the heartfelt lyricism and hooks from her previous punk leaning work and brought them into looser, poppier arrangements. "Girlfriend," the first single released under Best Ex, was called a "Synthpop jam" and "DIY Pop charmer" by Billboard, and Substream said "the name change comes with a new sound that is downright impossible to resist." "February 4th" retains some of the more guitar-involved sound of past work, bit as a softer, string-backed ballad.. The EP-closing track "Jellyfish" fittingly features just Mariel singing over a ukelele, bringing an EP that explores a lot of sound and emotion to a close with the most intimate spotlight on the words and music of the songwriter at the heart of it all.
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