Bestfriend is capturing it in delicious synth-pop magic. The newest single from the Canadian duo, "HEADSTART," is an electric confession of love and longing, just in time for Valentine's Day. It's a song to twirl around your bedroom after a perfect date, half-euphoric, half-nerve-wracking, exactly like falling for a new person.
Built around a steady drum beat and Bestfriend's signature shimmery synths, "HEADSTART" breaks into a high-energy, sentiment-on-sleeve chorus. Stacy Kim's vocals soar over layers of actually pulsing instrumentation that would be impossible not to dance to, channeling the rush of so many emotions that accompany the desire for something real. "I can't get you off my fuckin' mind. I think about you all the time," Kim sings an unfiltered, straight-to-the-point confession like reading a love letter you were too scared to send.
BestFriend understands saying what you feel is scary. "'HEADSTART' is almost more of a pitch of what we'd like to hope we'd do in a situation like this when in reality being that vulnerable is the hardest thing in the whole world to do,'" the band writes. And maybe that's why "HEADSTART" hits even harder. It's not just about love; it's about the fearlessness of admitting it.
Whether falling in love or pretending, "HEADSTART" is the soundtrack you need. Bump it, belt it, and maybe maybe shoot that text.