Mëi - 'paperweight'
Mëi just released their warped ballad 'paperweight' - a track about dysphoria and the wanting to disappear. Dealing with body image issues existential dread.
Almost like a Charli XCX come down - the track is layered with military driven trap drums, 808s and distorted vocals that are secretly disguised as electric guitar solos. Ticking boxes for fans of Ethel Cain, Oklou and Lana Del Rey. Mëi brings a fresh take on this already unique style of pop.
In Mëi’s own words... ”i make music for people who exist as walking contradictions. my lyrics are about being misunderstood, how chaos and softness can coexist in the same moment. i want to welcome you into a world where you don’t have to make sense and you don't have to be palatable. contradictions aren’t flaws......’paperweight’ came from watching Bitter Lake by Adam Curtis. There’s this one scene of a man dancing in a war zone, fully losing himself with a backdrop of the outro of Kanye’s Runaway, and it was just f***ing heart wrenching. I cried for hours. my producer, Flat44, started singing into this warped, distorted autotune setup that sounded more like an electric guitar than a voice. the lyrics were pre written about how I felt too heavy and wished I could be lighter. but when I reflected on that Bitter Lake scene, where I saw someone enjoying themselves despite the discomfort, it hit different. my issues felt small in comparison to the chaos of the world, and those problems became lighter because of it. It’s almost like why the fuck am I so bothered about this stuff when all this shit is out there.”
