The track is self-penned and co-produced with long-time collaborator Akiyoshi Ehara, whose influence is evident in the song's clean yet chaotic texture. That the final master comes courtesy of GRAMMY-winning mastering engineer Randy Merrill, whose opening of the ceremony for the likes of Lady Gaga and Taylor Swift adds a little extra shine to the emotional wreckage vverevvolf lays out.
Kelsey LaRae and Dylan Gallagher make up vverevvolf, a band that took a bit of a break but has returned with a mission to show the world they still have it. If anything, they've sharpened it. "Laughing Til I Cry" feels like a pressure valve release. It's a song of emotional extremes, caught in the mayhem of driving guitars and shout-it-out choruses. Imagine the electric angst of Paramore, the razor-sharp hooks of Olivia Rodrigo and a shot of the raw power of Sky Ferreira, yet ultimately molded by vverevvolf's own musical DNA.
Beyond the credits and comparisons, this song pulses with its own urgency, the kind that radiates from a band remaking itself, not for need's sake but for not backing down from artistic reinvention. "Laughing Til I Cry" is a comeback and an exclamation point that screams vverevvolf is back, bigger and louder than ever. And if this is just the start of their next act, then we can't wait to have their voices back.
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