L'Rain - New Years UnResolution

Published: July 10, 2023, 7 a.m.

L'Rain - \u201cNew Years UnResolution,\u201d a 2023 single from Mexican Summer Records.

Brooklyn-based artist\xa0Taja Cheek\xa0\u2014 who records as L'Rain\xa0\u2014 reflects on a relationship in this atmospheric electronic track. The single was co-produced by Cheek's longtime collaborators Andrew Lappin and Ben Chapoteau-Katz, and marks\xa0her first new music since her outstanding 2021 full-length Fatigue.

\u201cThe words of this song were written at different periods of time to give a sense of what it\u2019s like to think through the trajectory of a relationship at different points of my life\u2013right after a breakup, and many moons later,\u201d L\u2019Rain said in a press release. \u201cI wonder: What is it like to feel like you\u2019ve forgotten a part of yourself?; how does time pass differently at different moments in your life? (like molasses, like water, like air); how do you set new terms of engagement with someone you\u2019ve interacted with in a very specific way for a long time?; how do you deal with the turmoil of stepping into a distant unknown after a period of fierce intimacy?\u201d

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