Have you ever seen your life flash before your eyes? Montreal-based Laura Lefebvre has, and it's the subject of her new single "Flashback" and its accompanying video.
The song tells the tale of Lefebvre receiving an electric shock, leading to her processing her past after a series of intense flashbacks. Keeping with the lyrics' trippy, time-displaced journey, the song's aesthetic is decidedly retro, with new wave bass bouncing around the synth-led dream pop haze.
The video is similarly unsettled, featuring a central story of Lefebvre developing psychic powers such as clairvoyance and telekinesis after getting struck by lightning, interspersed by sequences of Lefebvre dancing in front of real and digital backdrops, flying through the air, and getting tender with a pair of pale arms. It's like a surreal, Francophone That's So Raven.
A statement about the song reads:
A summer of intense heat, a desire for an ice-cold treat, the hand reaching for the metal handle of the freezer and, at the same time, lightning hitting the floor; it's a shock. From that day on, visions of the future, revelations of a past life and a psychic gift come to light. This is a true story, believe it or not. It is the one Laura Lefebvre lived on that famous evening of July 28, 2018. This event goes down in history, in this song with a strange synopsis and electro sounds. The piece surprises with its irregular shape and its refrains with a vortex trajectory where one projects oneself accompanied by sounds of transformed violins and a back beat reminiscent of the '80s. A timeless trip.
"Flashback" is the lead single from her forthcoming EP, La Terre est plate (which can be translated as both "the Earth is flat" and "the Earth is boring"), set for release on April 23.
Watch the "Flashback" video below.
The song tells the tale of Lefebvre receiving an electric shock, leading to her processing her past after a series of intense flashbacks. Keeping with the lyrics' trippy, time-displaced journey, the song's aesthetic is decidedly retro, with new wave bass bouncing around the synth-led dream pop haze.
The video is similarly unsettled, featuring a central story of Lefebvre developing psychic powers such as clairvoyance and telekinesis after getting struck by lightning, interspersed by sequences of Lefebvre dancing in front of real and digital backdrops, flying through the air, and getting tender with a pair of pale arms. It's like a surreal, Francophone That's So Raven.
A statement about the song reads:
A summer of intense heat, a desire for an ice-cold treat, the hand reaching for the metal handle of the freezer and, at the same time, lightning hitting the floor; it's a shock. From that day on, visions of the future, revelations of a past life and a psychic gift come to light. This is a true story, believe it or not. It is the one Laura Lefebvre lived on that famous evening of July 28, 2018. This event goes down in history, in this song with a strange synopsis and electro sounds. The piece surprises with its irregular shape and its refrains with a vortex trajectory where one projects oneself accompanied by sounds of transformed violins and a back beat reminiscent of the '80s. A timeless trip.
"Flashback" is the lead single from her forthcoming EP, La Terre est plate (which can be translated as both "the Earth is flat" and "the Earth is boring"), set for release on April 23.
Watch the "Flashback" video below.