Neon Trees will release their highly-anticipated album, I Can Feel You Forgetting Me on July 24th, to celebrate the anticipated release, they’ve released new single “Mess Me Up.”
“Mess Me Up” is the latest single off I Can Feel You Forgetting Me, it follows the release of “New Best Friend” and chart-topping alternative hit, “Used To Like.” Neon Trees’ lead, Tyler Glenn said about the track:
‘Mess Me Up’ is the gut-punch of our new album. It’s a plea to not let the pain of a break-up linger, set to the tune of a slow dance. All the questioning, the long days and nights spent wondering. I’m begging to not let it go on longer than it needs to. What I love tonally is it sounds like that one last dance on prom night before we end it all. If you’re gonna mess me up, get me addicted, ruin a few good years of my life–Act like you know me and don’t do it slow.
I Can Feel You Forgetting Me explores a myriad of introspective themes the first two singles set the stage towards – across isolation, personal relationships, self-discovery, and fulfillment – and still set to the band’s signature sound, soaked in synth soul and rooted in keyboard and robust guitars, with irresistible dance beats. Glenn found writing this album cathartic as he explores contemporary motifs and narratives centered around heartbreak, longing, ghosting culture, and isolation demonstrative of the album’s larger narrative arc.