Against The Current’s lead singer Chrissy Costanza and rapper Lil Lotus recently released their first-ever collaboration together this past May, ‘Romantic Disaster’.
The single is a featured song on Lotus’ upcoming album Error Boy, set to release August 30, being produced by several names amongst them being John Feldmann. Lotus’ original plans for the track were a single vocal to match the other parts of his album, but after testing out many vocal runs both Feldmann and Lotus knew something was missing. Costanza and Lotus previously connected through a mutual friend, and was partly the reason for her introduction to the track. After recording Romantic Disaster in the studio, the pair dove straight into the music video recording with little break between, ensuring that they made it just as wild and inviting as the tune itself.
Romantic Disaster is the typical ‘what it says on the tin’ style song. The title encapsulates the theme in its truest form. A romantic disaster of a relationship, which Lotus later commented saying that his upcoming LP, follows a pattern of bad relationships. However, he worships this single as being the more positive twist on a relationship that shouldn’t work but in some ways it does. With a kickstart instrumental intro and an abrupt-like vocal outro, the track leaves lyrical imagination throughout. Not only do Costanza’s and Lotus’ vocals partner well together, but the way that Chrissy brings her personality and charismatic nature to the fun-loving and lighthearted song drives this tune into a fresh direction for the duo.
There is no harsh or overpowering instrumentation despite the overwhelming lead of guitar throughout. The vocals as a whole are light, affectionate with a twinkle of that raw vocal peeping through ever so slightly, welcoming a very relatable aesthetic. It is upbeat, wholehearted and just the right amount of passion to pass off as a feel-good song for any mood.
A similar thing could be said about the accompanying video, which captures the tale of a robber couple, fleeing with what appears to be millions of dollars in their hands to a nearby motel. Unfolding within the song is the imperfect, perfect relationship. There is a lot wrong with the relationship that suggests that the two shouldn’t work but the good moments in a variety of ways leave interpretation for otherwise. Their imperfect is a different kind of perfect.
Stream/Listen/Watch to Romantic Disaster here:
Romantic Disaster (Official Music Video) ft. Chrissy Costanza
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Other notable information;
Against The Current - Fever - July 23, 2021
Lil Lotus - Error Boy - August 30, 2021
