FIERCELY independent Swedish artist Elodie has this week unveiled her new single. It’s the follow-up to last year’s debut single from her ‘Go Away’, which we scribed a little about here.
The good news is that new single ‘Miss Vamberly’ is even better. We do like it when popstars follow an upwards trend when it comes to the quality of their music.
Part of ‘Miss Vamberly’s charm is in its twisted melody. It takes a special kind of vocal to be able to do such a melody justice, but clearly Elodie herself doesn’t have any shortcomings in that department. She delivers the song uncompromisingly, at times sounding the perfect epitome of inner peace, and at other moments exuding what sounds like the exasperated gasps of a voluntarily sectioned mental institute patient. Those latter parts are our favourite, naturally. Production wise it follows on from ‘Go Away’. It’s pop centric electronica that ever so often wanders into darker territory. Thus it matches perfectly with the other elements of the song.
We like this Elodie character. When an artist has this much freedome and independence – but on such a tight and basic budget – the results can often range from mind bogglingly barmy, to cringe worthingly awful. But here she is, doing everything on her lonesome, and sounding all the better for it.
Although apologies in advance Elodie – it doesn’t matter how far your career takes you, how large your budget becomes, or how many photo shoots you go on to have – we’re ALWAYS going to use that picture above whenever we write about you. It’s the epitome of fabulousness. We’re going to delight in every new single from you – not just because it means more music, but because it’s another excuse to publish THAT picture.
What a video.
Frankly, we needed some closure as to what the devil it’s all about. So we asked Elodie for some comment. Here’s what she said;
“Haha, fair question! There’s a story behind the song and the video but in summary:
‘Miss Vamberly’ is a song about being in a dark place and longing for happiness. For some people, that darkness is temporary, for some it can feel like you’re stuck… like being in a sort of coma. I wanted the video to represent this in an artistic way.”
