MP3: Dear Euphoria - Rescue
"Rescue" is an oddity in Dear Euphoria's catalogue. On one hand, the verses allude to the bleakness that usually defines her work ("I have let darkness blind me" + "I sing when I can't feel me", for example), but the chorus is anything but. At least, on the surface -- it's such an absurd gesture of optimism in the context of her new EP "This night will flee" that I refuse to purely take it at face value, though nothing can take away from the fact that it is, at its core, a beautiful pop song. There's always a tragic note in Dear Euphoria's vocal delivery and in this particular piece, I imagine that it betrays a hidden catastrophe. Be it a love that is unrequited or a partner separated by death or whatever other terrible calamity you can picture in your mind as the song plays on, just know that it can't end well. Intended or not, the joyous sentiment is tinted with grimness and I can't hear it any other way.
Dear Euphoria - Rescue