Riki - "Florence & Selena" (Official Video)

Описание: "Florence & Selena" is the second single from Riki's second album "Gold"
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"This song is written by me and produced by Telefon Tel Aviv's Joshua Eustis. Opening the scene is a moody line on the saxophone, played by Charles Gorzcinsky, followed by Josh's nostalgic twinkling keys. This crescendos to a peak before a momentary breath in. To breathe in is to inspire- to animate the spirit. In this case it is to tell the story of old friends whose path forward is yet unknown." - Riki

Directed by Travis Waddell http://www.traviswaddell.com
Produced by Oblique TV http://www.oblique.tv

Cinematography: Travis Waddell
Editor: Alex Nicolaou
Steadicam: William Christenson
AC: Emmett Tekstra
Color: Nate Seymour at MPC
Titles: Colin Fletcher
VFX: Justin Hantz
Saxophone: Curtis Crump Jr.
Art Director: Chelsey Crowley
PA: Neil Johnson
Camera: CSLA Rentals
Location Special Thanks:
El Cid, Hot Dog Stand Studios, Hannah Gullixson, Griffith Park

West coast new romantic icon Riki returns with her 2nd simulacrum of pitch-perfect synth-pop, aptly titled for the precious substance it is: Gold. Inspired by notions of symbolic power, letting go, and transmutable realms of the heart, the album further refines her rare gift for making swooning melancholia as anthemic as it atmospheric. Working with Telefon Tel Aviv co-founder Josh Eustis at his Pasadena studio, the sessions unfolded fluidly and fruitfully, focusing on “quieter moments” and refining the record’s palette and voice. Occasional interruption from a nearby flock of wild parrots infused a mood of California dreaming, purple sunsets dissolving into deepening neon night.

Like all the most elusive pop, Riki’s songcraft is simultaneously direct and oblique, dynamic and detached, shifting from sparkling chorus to elliptical outro according to its own poetic logic. She characterizes her lyrical muse as “very much what’s going on in my life, things I wanted to say but didn’t have the platform.” This subcurrent of dream fulfillment animates the melodies with a specificity and immediacy that transcends her pantheon of 80’s influences: from Saâda Bonaire and Strawberry Switchblade to Bryan Ferry, Bananarama, and beyond. Gold skews less dance floor than her instant classic 2020 debut but taken as a collection it’s equally stirring, stylish, and exquisitely produced. Evocatively layered arrangements of drum machinery, sequencer, fretless bass, grey sky guitar, saxophone, and FX, anchored by Riki’s singular voice, alternately widescreen and wounded, yearning beyond time for ecstasies both fleeting and forever: “Thought I knew you, but you’ve gone far away / it’s not in your nature to stay / but the thought that I need you, grows stronger every day / the colors begin / to change.”

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"Florence & Selena" lyrics:

Full moon light
City night
burns away outside
City Lights
Dancing girls
dance away the night

Don’t let it pass you by, or wonder why
The world is changing now, don’t miss it for a thing,
knows how to make an entrance fresh as the night

If I ask you where it is, would you turn the other way?
I’m exactly where I stand at the dock of Clovelly

Entrance, there is no entrance, shines like a silver ring
Darkness may find your shadows, keep moving on
Knows how to make an entrance, fresh as the night

I’ll be coming ‘round with more take it all, and on and on and on