{"id":35191,"date":"2021-04-02T23:00:30","date_gmt":"2021-04-02T23:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/traklife.com\/featured\/hey-violet-single\/"},"modified":"2021-04-02T23:00:30","modified_gmt":"2021-04-02T23:00:30","slug":"hey-violet-single","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traklife.com\/culture\/hey-violet-single\/","title":{"rendered":"“Friends Like This” – Single Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column][vc_column_text]2020 was the year that all of our social lives died. Everyone was stuck inside, everything was closed and the only way to \u201csee\u201d anyone was through a screen. It was frustrating, to say the least.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Hey Violet<\/a>\u2019s new song, \u201cFriends Like This,\u201d is all about that frustration.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cHow am I supposed to make friends like this?\u201d lead singer Rena Lovelis whines. \u201cHow am I supposed to have fun like this?\u201d Questions we\u2019ve all been asking ourselves for the past year, no doubt.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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The rest of the lyrics list off activities to stave off boredom, from drastic haircuts and calling exes, to taking up golf or starting a cult.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201c\u2018Friends Like This\u2019 is obviously quarantine-inspired, but the song encapsulates more than just the requirement of self-isolation we\u2019ve all had to endure,\u201d Lovelis told Hollywood Life<\/a>. \u201cIt\u2019s been such a frustrating past year, so we took that feeling of anger and frustration and translated it into the lyrics of \u2018Friends Like This.\u2019 What we found most soothing is that, sonically, the sound and mood of the song doesn\u2019t take on the same emotion that the lyrics do. \u201cFriends Like This\u201d is a really fun and bouncy pop song that acted as our relief from all of the pent-up loneliness and lack of human connection we\u2019re all experiencing.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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The group is set to release three EPs this year, which will eventually be consolidated to form an LP – their first since 2017.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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