LA-based Jay Som – aka Melina Duterte – has shared brand new single “Tenderness”. The track is taken from her forthcoming second album Anak Ko which will be released on August 23rd 2019. Pre-order the album HERE and watch the video for Tenderness, directed by Weird Life, below.
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The slow-burning highlight “Tenderness” begins minimally, like a slightly muffled phone call, before flowering into a bright, jazzy earworm. Duterte calls it “a feel-good, funky, kind of sexy song” in part about “the curse of social media” and how it complicates relationships. “That’s definitely about scrolling on your phone and seeing a person and it just haunts you, you can’t escape it.”
“I have a weird relationship to social media and how people perceive me—as this person that has a platform, as a solo artist, and this marginalized person. That was really getting to me. I wanted to express those emotions, but I felt stifled. I feel like a lot of the themes of the songs stemmed from bottled up emotions, frustration with yourself, and acceptance.”
Jay Som will tour the UK and Europe in November, which includes a London show at The Garage. Tickets for all shows HERE.
