She may claim to be “immune to cool,” but multi-hyphenate New York musician Samantha Urbani seems to be proving otherwise. Ten years into a career that includes founding early-2010s indie pop darling band Friends and collaborating with Blood Orange, she’s officially leaning into her solo career with new single “One Day at a Time,” which hits the streams today (July 25) via Lucky Number Music.
Equal parts highly polished dance track and vulnerable reflection, Urbani takes “One Day at a Time” as an opportunity to turn relationship uncertainty into a track ripe for club remixing. Over a steady percussion loop, Urbani admits that “I don’t believe in archetypes, and I don’t care for titles / Just don’t treat me like an enemy / we’re lovers, not rivals.” With clear influences from the early 21st-century, the song is a fresh spin on modern pop: Easy to listen to, but not so easy that it gets lost in the noise.
Urbani says that “One Day at a Time” is “basically the cutie goofer song about wanting the player and drawing it out. Kissing you FEELS vital to my survival! I know its NOT! It’s just a FEELING! BUT THATS A BIG FEELING!”
Those big feelings will continue this fall when Urbani’s full-length debut album, Showing Up, drops September 22. In the meantime, check out “One Day at a Time” below.