“I wanted this song to sound creepy, cool, vibey, and maybe a bit spooky – like fall. I think the warm Rhodes, the eerie vocal harmonies, and the jumpy flute lines really give the sense that something baleful and chilling is afoot somewhere in the crisp autumn night!” Ben Sefton
Clara is hired to shut down Glad Tidings Camp after its summer programming. The camp has a different energy when there are no campers and you are alone with the creepy caretaker. Clara keeps her mind off of the off-putting scenario by fantasizing about David, the athletic hunk next door. “Being able to reference some great 80s horror like Friday the 13th and Sleepaway Camp was an absolute treat for me as a director. We were on location for pretty much the whole shoot and I think that really adds to the atmosphere and energy of the video. Maggie and Kevin really leaned into those unsettling vibes. This song has a great subversive quality to it and we really embraced that in the video as well.” Aaron Sinclair Director
In 2020, Ben released his debut single ‘Humans’ which was included on Universal Music playlists and Exclaim!’s best new music on Spotify. Higher Plain Music called it an “alt-rock anthem for a modern-day Queen fan…If Freddy Mercury and Rufus Wainwright had a cousin in 2022”
“I wrote this song for a cute girl that I met at a local bar. There was some kind of event going on there that night, and I saw her walk in, look around shyly and sit by herself at a table by the window. I got the courage to approach her and talk to her, and after introducing myself, she let me know how relieved she was because she came there alone and was nervous because she wouldn’t know anyone there and wouldn’t know who to talk to. We exchanged Instagram handles and a few days later, after talking briefly, I decided I’d try to really impress her and write a song for her. I made this track originally on my iPhone, then I sent it to her. A day later she responded with “omg, unreal. We’re hanging out”. We did end up hanging out, and going to a punk show together. She was a cool, stoner, skater-girl and really made an impression on me with her youthful, devil-may-care attitude (maybe because it was similar to my own), and a certain tragic, melancholic quality beneath the surface that I couldn’t put my finger on. In any case, I made the song before I even got to know her, and once I took a second look at the lyrics I realized how easy it would be to change the story of the song from a romantic admirer disclosing his growing affections for a stranger to a potentially dangerous unknown (possibly a killer) with a creepy, unwarranted obsession with a girl he only met briefly – something similar to the stalker vibes from The Police’s “Every Breath You Take”. At this point, I should make it clear that I’m 100%, not a dangerous killer, but as a songwriter, I’m in the business of telling engaging stories. In the end, I intended for the song to have those two possible meanings – a love story or a Dateline episode – depending on how you interpret it.” Ben Sefton
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