On their new release, "Clouds," the Belgian indie-pop collective momoyo presents yet another paradoxical sound and sentiment that seems to make feeling overwhelmed sound like a summer breeze. It's the first peek into their upcoming album, "Hmo is just a state of mind," if this track is any indication, we're about to get taken for an honest and irresistibly groovy emotional ride.
Fusing indie pop with faint flecks of neo-soul, "Clouds" is part aural getaway, part lyric reckoning. On the surface, it glistens with breezy guitar riffs, a shuffling, laid-back groove, and vocals that sound casual yet intimate. But beneath that sunny exterior is something heavier, a meditation on burnout, emotional detachment, and the fatigue of chasing life too hot and fast for too long. It's a song about falling out of love with the things that once set you alight.
momoyo uses fatigue to create motion and pain to make rhythm. A quietly rebellious message runs throughout the track, and if everything's falling apart, we may as well have a joyous collapse. Let it have rhythm. Let it bring people together. "Clouds" may sing about losing yourself, but it never feels lost. It's a party song about being vulnerable set to a tune you can dance to.
That sense of spirit is echoed in the accompanying music video, which takes you behind the scenes with momoyo in their creative sanctuary at North Garden Studios. Surrounded by friends, family, and the instruments they learned to play on, we watch the band constructing something deeply personal, not for the spotlight, but for the soul. The video is less a performance than a meditation on how healing occurs slowly, communally, and often in sync.
Composed by Frie Mechele, with lyrics by Jonas Bruyneel, Esther Coorevits, and Renaud Debruyne, with additional words from Sven Sabbe, momoyo has made something beguilingly light, a happy song for heavy hearts. "Clouds" sets the tone for an album that sounds like it will be raw, honest, and rhythmically alive. In a world where we're constantly urged to try harder, fitter, and faster, momoyo challenges us to relax, feel visceral, and maybe dance in the storm.
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