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Prominent pop futurist Kota Banks shares her second release of the year with ‘Eternal Crush’, out now via NLV Records.
After kicking off 2023 with the fierce pop-rnb hybrid ‘GIRLS WORLD!’, today Kota shares a peek into her softer side on ‘Eternal Crush’. Showcasing her penchant for sugar-sweet pop and delicate melodies, here Banks channels NewJeans and Tove Lo, backed with a glitchy sparkle courtesy of longtime collaborator Swick. Complete with his signature animated percussion on ‘Eternal Crush’ Kota Banks delivers clever one-liners with instant-earworm hooks over gentle piano chords and smooth garage before ascending into a frenzied final verse with gritty electric guitars.
In her own words Kota shares, “I wrote Eternal Crush during lockdown and never stopped being obsessed with it. It was a song I was keeping in my back pocket for the right moment, and I feel like now is the time. It’s sonic bliss to me (thank you Swick). I love the idea of contrasting forever with a crush - something so fleeting and superficial. It’s giving layers, chaos and indecision, my M.O. as a Libra! In terms of the situation… I rarely write about unrequited love because usually, the boy likes me back as I’m a baddie, but the boy this song is about HUMBLED me for real. I love a flirtatious, fun, dreamy moment and I think Eternal Crush gives all the above!!”
lyrics
Dear lover who can’t relate
Know I’m just a copy and paste
But take my heart just to break
I watch the sun on your face,
Think of you early 'til late
All of your flaws and your traits
Erase, backspace, your face, I don’t want no trace
Mistakes, I chase, I face, make it all go away now
I try, my eternal crush
My eternal crush, not getting through to you
I cry, when I need your touch
Know I need too much
Know I need you on my side on my side… need you
Know I need to draw a line draw the line… It’s you
Every day I see some sign and I pray it’s a coincidence, an unfortunate incident
But every day you run my mind
And I’m too weak to condition it
I want you and I’m thinking it, I wish it weren’t this way
Erase, backspace, your face, I don’t want no trace
Mistakes, I chase, I face, make it all go away now
I try, my eternal crush
My eternal crush, not getting through to you
I cry, when I need your touch
Know I need too much
Know I need you on my side on my side… need you
Know I need to draw a line draw the line… It’s you
I watch the sun on your face
Think of you early 'til late
All of your flaws and your traits oh
I love you, I can’t be fake
I think I know what awaits
But that’s the risk that I take now
Known for her infectious melodies and clever tongue-in-cheek lyricism, Kota Banks masterfully dissects groundbreaking experimentation with the spectrum of exhilarating pop music.
Lo-fi experimental synth music from the Estonian producer and frequent Dean Blunt Collaborator, crafted in conjunction with a graphic novel. Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 24, 2024