Gigi Perez is back, but this time, she's not just yearning she's jumping. After the haunting longing of her breakout single, "Sailor Song," Perez's new single, "Chemistry," has to be an electric act of confession about desire, fear, and the wild, intoxicating pull of love.
Starting with a spray of distorted instrumentation that fades out faster than it comes, "Chemistry" reduces itself to an acoustic guitar and Perez's widely recognized sweet yet aching vocals. The vulnerability matches the rawness in her voice in her lyrics. "Oh, chemistry is rare Fucked me on the stairs. For once in my life, I didn't care that I was scared." It's an uncensored moment of submission, an acknowledgment that sexual desire can trump all fears, even the most visceral.
But for all that Perez cedes, she never really gives up. She says fear is a beast inside her, hiding beneath the surface. "It's creepin' up I'm sweepin' up all of these things that I have done," she sings, and as she reaches "things that I have done," "Chemistry" bursts forth. Drums bellow in, intensifying the urgency, the recklessness, the inescapable drag of emotions that can't be tamed.
From murmurings of secret rendezvous to the pressure of external scrutiny, "Your mother doesn't like me," Perez paints a picture of love as messy as it is absorbing. "Chemistry" is an experience, a fevered confession lost set to melody. Gigi Perez's no longer just a storyteller with this latest release.