Today, we’re fortunate to premiere the latest lyric video and track from Berlin art pop singer-songwriter Arya Zappa with “Goodbye”.
The follow-up to her most recent single “Words” (premiered by SonOfMarketing), “Goodbye” is minimal yet theatrical and hauntingly beautiful, characterized by darkly toned and plotted synths and Zappa’s brooding and androgynous vocals, full of subtle, evocative phrasing. When the song reaches the crescendos of the choruses, the song balloons with grandiosity and soars among the night sky with a dramatic flair not far removed from the glam works of Bowie’s early seventies output.
Similarly to the song, its video is equally simple yet effective, featuring the lyrics over a black-and-white CRT TV-like image of a shack, which over the course of the song catches fire and erupts into a blazing inferno, burning down to the ground. This ties into the song’s theme of endings. While the video itself doesn’t get into this point, the song (particularly its chorus) implies that now that this run-down shack has been destroyed, a new one can be built in its place (a metaphor for both relationships and lives). Taking this into account, it takes on a bittersweet context, melding the sadness of losing something once held dear with the promise that something equally great might take its place.
Lyrics:
Run, keep running
Have you been there before?
If life’s a game
What are you going to sow?
There’s so much I wanna do
And so little, little time
All the places I’m going
Where even crows couldn’t land
There’ll be time for you to start
All over again
And again
And for every hello
There’ll be goodbye
Goodbye, my friend
We don’t know about tomorrow
But we think
About it anyway
I’m wondering
If I was ever with you
Or just chased some better day
I close my eyes again
See places
Never seen
But I’ve been there
Many times
Walking on the edges
Of a dream
Arya Zappa’s “Goodbye” officially releases July 5th via Kobra Recordings. Be sure to follow Zappa on social media including her website, Facebook, SoundCloud, and Instagram to keep up-to-date.
(Featured photo credit: Ivan Engler)
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