Cailin Russo Releases 'The Drama' EP Today. Los Angeles Release Show Tonight

CAILIN RUSSO RELEASES NEW EP,  ‘THE DRAMA’ – OUT TODAY DEBUTS VIDEO FOR LATEST SINGLE  “YOU TOUCH ME, I TOUCH YOU BACK” EP RELEASE SHOW TONIGHT IN LOS ANGELES –  TICKETS ON SALE NOW

WATCH “YOU TOUCH ME, I TOUCH YOU BACK” LISTEN ‘THE DRAMA’ LIVE 02/14 – The Moroccan Lounge – Los Angeles, CA - TICKETS   Today sees the release of The Drama—the new EP from Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter Cailin Russo. ‘The Drama’ EP was executively produced by Chris Coady (Beach House, Yeah Yeah Yeahs), with additional production from The Invisible Men (Charli XCX, ZAYN), Michael Percy and Gianluca Buccelatti and features Nick Zinner from the Yeah Yeah Yeah’s on guitar. Talking about the new project, Cailin explains, “The whole EP is a play by play of everything I went through during my crumbling relationship. The highs, the lows, the confusing fucked up parts, and in conclusion, The Drama. The story starts at the demise, from a place of defeat…but the hero perseveres, and regains her power. I like to think of the whole experience as a sad triumph, sonically and spiritually.” Earlier this year, Cailin revealed to Billboard  “I’m so grateful to finally release my second EP…and to also have it be the foundation to my future sounds. Cheers and thank you to new wave music for saving my life at the end of 2018. And thank you to my muse that burned me… without that I couldn’t have rebuilt. I learned that through trauma comes pain. Pain turns into art. Art changes perspective (for yourself and whoever) and after all that you can find freedom. That was the blueprint to my project ‘The Drama’. Life is always gonna hurt. I just smile through the pain.” Along with the new EP comes a brand new video for the single, “You Touch Me, I Touch You Back,” which serves as the third and final part in the trilogy, following “Declaration” and “Fade.” Cailin wrote the treatments for and co-directed/edited all three videos alongside Ganna Bogdan with production from Rebecca Hearn. Watch the video for “You Touch Me, I Touch You Back” HERE. The six-track EP features two previously released tracks, including lead single, “Declaration,” a hazy 80’s guitar-drenched number, which Cailin calls “a fierce proclamation of a mistake from which I couldn’t seem to escape,” explaining that  “the song comes from that feeling where you almost reach the bottom and you have nothing to do but accept it, own it and let it run its course.”  A gentle coo cruises over a thudding beat between echoes of guitar as she candidly admits, “This is the declaration of a fuck up, a product of how I was raised, and I can’t expect a single teardrop. Whoa, I am ashamed.” Follow-up single “Fade” pairs stark percussion with Cailin’s quirky cadences and honest lyrics, as she sings, “I’m not guilty for my mistakes. I’m not proud of what we made, I just try to mean what I say. You just watch me fade away.” About the song,Cailin reveals, “It’s my favorite song I’ve ever done. It literally brings me to tears. The story is very personal but also relatable. The song literally describes someone watch you deteriorate as a human and not doing anything about it,” she continues. “It’s so sad to realize you’re in a relationship with someone who knows you’re hurting, but won’t help change the situation.” Also included on the EP are four previously unheard tracks, starting with the lead single, “You Touch Me, I Touch You Back,” a gritty track pulsing with electricity which volleys from a warbling robotic bass line into a dark and danceable reprise bathed in neon synth glow. “It’s the moment where I know I’m a bad bitch and I don’t need him anymore,” she explains. Rounding out The Drama—”Sicko” with its slightly off-kilter production and infectious chorus, “Good Bad Decisions,” a track that gains in momentum and intensity as it goes, building into a euphoric release when it finally hits the chorus and EP closer, the 80s-influenced arms-in-the-air anthem “No Time.” In the end, The Drama rose up from her notebook, and now is the right time to share it. “This year, I learned you’re never alone. Everyone goes through shit. I hope the EP touches somebody who needs it. I want another person to get through tough times with the music, because it helped me do the same.” To celebrate the release of The Drama EP, Cailin will bare her soul on stage, performing an intimate EP release show at Los Angeles’ Moroccan Lounge tonight. Here, she will debut the EP live in its entirety for the first time, along with some surprises. For more information and to purchase tickets, please visit HERE. 2018 saw the release of Cailin’s debut EP, House With A Pool, as well as tours supporting Dream Wife in North America and Gomez and Black Honey in the UK. She also made her US festival debut this past summer at Lollapalooza in Chicago, having previously played on the renowned BBC Introducing Stage at the Reading and Leeds Festivals. Stay tuned for more exciting news from Cailin Russo, coming soon. ‘The Drama’ EP is out everywhere now. THE DRAMA EP TRACKLIST Declaration Fade Sicko You Touch Me, I Touch You Back Good Bad Decisions No Time WATCH | LISTEN “FADE” WATCH | LISTEN “DECLARATION”

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