Tom Odell has a new single out called “Sad Anymore,’ and he’s going to need you to grab the Kleenex. The English singer-songwriter, who we snapped quite nicely back in 2019 when he played Allston, released the track the past Friday (May 27), and it’s a delicate number that’s less a tune and more a mood that hangs overhead like a dense gray fog of manic depression and frighted misery. We might have to step outside and go for a walk right after we get done writing this post.
Actually, fuck it, we’re out. We’ll let Odell take it from here, and share the video, created by line-drawing artist Manshen Lo (Sally Rooney), animated by Duncan Gist, and produced by Nexus Studios, below.
“Like lots of people sometimes I go through periods where I feel sad,” he says. “Sometimes I can hide it so that people don’t notice, but other times it’s right there, in my every word, every look and I’m sure everyone can see. Sometimes it can feel quite beautiful, like a sad melody, but other times it can be ugly, like fingers down a chalkboard. More often than not though, being sad is a pretty lonely experience, and one that can be hard to talk about or describe. But I hope by singing about it, and being honest as I can, the people who feel sad sometimes too, might feel less lonely…”
*cries alone on the internet*
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