Singer-songwriter laye releases new single “unhappier” a guitar-driven alt-pop breakup anthem. The first single off of laye‘s forthcoming EP.
Co-written by laye, Cici Ward (Cheat Codes, Lil Huddy, GAYLE), and Oscar Neidhardt (Thirty Seconds to Mars, Adam Lambert, Conan Gray), laye said about the track:
“unhappier” is a breakup song written from the perspective of someone who really doesn’t wish that person well. At the root of it, though, it’s still a love song. You love that person so much that you can’t yet wish them well. So many songs are either all about “I love you” or all about “I hate you,” but it’s also truer to the human experience to feel different and sometimes contradictory things at the same time. So, this song lies somewhere in between.
The accompanying music video captures that moment when you realize you’re losing a relationship you’re still in, the overwhelming feeling of grief and loss mixed up with love and heartbreak.