St. Vincent, a.k.a. Annie Clark, performed her newest single on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon last night, and it was as dreamy as you’d expect. She first debuted the song a month ago, as its synthy, calming effect crept up over the end credits of the third-last Girls episode of the season.
The track is, as the name suggests, about coming of age, which made it perfect for that particular episode of Girls (or any episode, really). It’s soaked in nostalgia ("You know I never loved you more/ than when we were hiding from those sirens, sirens./ Oh, we laughed so hard/ threw up in your mom’s azaleas") but St. Vincent also sings knowingly on how we fancifully look at our past ("That's just teenage talk, I don't think the past is better, better. Just cause it's cased in glass, protecting us from our now and later").
For The Tonight Show performance, St. Vincent added another layer: teen backup dancers doing subtle choreography behind her in puffy silver coats. You’re going to have to watch the below video a few times to appreciate all of the robotic wonder — and to learn the dance.
by Holly Gordon via Electronic RSS
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