Earlier this month New York’s Annie Hart released her fourth album, The Weight of A Wave, via Uninhabitable Mansions.
“What Makes Me Me” is an ultra pleasant slice of playful synth pop that has a warm and welcoming approach that takes us back to some of the best of the genres in the early 2000s. Sweet yet melancholic, it balances many feelings and sounds into something that leaves a lasting impression.
Speaking on the track, Hart adds:
“I wrote this song when I was feeling incredibly down about myself. I felt like the only thing I was good at was feeling gratitude – but, paradoxically, I was so melancholy about it. I pulled a trick from Belle and Sebastian’s hat and made a song about it as cute, sing-alongable, and folky as I could. If I was going to feel bad about myself, why not have fun with it? While I was working on the song, my best friends Emily James and Jenna Gribbon came to visit me at a residency upstate in New York. I played them the song and they decided we should make a music video right then and there. I love that the video is so private and the Jenna introduces it just perfectly. At one point I start tearing up because I am filled with so much love for them. There’s something so visceral about witnessing people love each other and I wanted to share that in this video: even when you are feeling pretty crummy, there’s someone out there who loves you for exactly who you are.”
Enjoy the music video for “What Makes Me Me” now below and find the album available to stream and purchase from Bandcamp.
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