Critically acclaimed duo HAERTS, consisting of Nini Fabi and Benny Gebert, have returned to add a new chapter to their lifelong creative and romantic partnership with the release of their new single “For the Sky” feat. Ed Droste HERE out today on Rix Records / The Orchard & Humming Records.
The music video “For The Sky” has been directed by their longtime collaborator Julian Klincewicz (Beyoncé, Kanye, Virgil Abloh etc) and features a gorgeous, pregnant Nini. You can watch it HERE.
HAERTS say: ““For the Sky” came from a dream I had when I first found out that I was pregnant, which was the catalyst and beginning of writing the new music. When we finished the demo for the song I kept hearing Ed’s voice and just thought he would sound amazing on it. We didn’t know him at the time, but were such fans. When we reached out we honestly thought we’d never hear from him. But we did and we went into the studio in LA, and ended up recording it just singing together in a room. Now that feels like such a nostalgic notion. But even then it was special. It was that feeling you get when you sing with somebody and something just clicks. And it’s especially crazy when you sing with a vocal force as Ed. I wish everybody could sing together more and feel that.
A few months later, we decided that we wanted to do a music video a week before I ended up giving birth. So it all came full circle when Julian came to NY and filmed me dancing at 9 months pregnant.”
Director Julian Klincewicz says: “I think my process on this video was kind of about pushing through to the next chapter in our collaborative visual language. I think If you look back at POWER/LAND, there's a sort of directness or rawness in the humanity of it. And then if we look at YOUR LOVE - that rawness sort of transitions into a spiritual softness. I think right now is such a confrontational time - that to deal with some of those same themes it needs to have a bit more of a confrontational visual language... with the harsher more vibrant colors... its shifting from a kind of spiritual language, almost more into just a more energetic language. I think for me that's the best word to describe it - the video is very much about an energy, a visual translation of the energy of the song. I was also thinking a lot about this idea of a coloring book - creating images that almost felt drawn, or like tracings of drawings. I think we started touching on that with the last album, but i wanted to push that a little further along. The raw footage we started off with was so clean and beautiful untouched, but i also had this urge to see how that footage could be pushed until it becomes something else entirely - until it could almost become its opposite kind of beauty - indirect, abstract, less literal. taking the spirit of it, but translating it into just the energy version of it.“
Formed in the fires of high school romance in Munich, Germany HAERTS has evolved as Nini & Benny have evolved. First through Berklee School of Music in Boston, then through the creative crucible of Brooklyn, NY and their self titled major label debut album in 2014, followed by an expansion to the serene woods of upstate New York and the release of their second full-length album “New Compassion” in 2018.
Now Nini & Benny are evolving again, not only embracing their international roots by splitting their time between Berlin and New York, but also by a renewed spirit of collaboration, whether it be with other musicians they admire like Ed Droste (Grizzly Bear) or visual artists like Julian Klincewicz (Beyonce, Kanye West, Virgil Abloh) who directed the video to “For the Sky” and earlier worked together on "POWER/LAND".
With only two albums under their belt so far HAERTS have already gathered rapturous praise from such press outlets as NPR, the New York Times, Pitchfork, NOISEY, Billboard, Consequence of Sound, The Line of Best Fit, Paste Magazine, NYLON, Refinery29, Blackbook, Ones to Watch and Gorilla vs. Bear and have graced festival stages at Coachella, Governors Ball, Bonnaroo, Austin City Limits and more.
“…joyous indie pop gem that'll get you clapping your hands and stomping your feet.” – NYLON “…soaring, beautifully poignant.” – Gorilla vs. Bear “…The duo who stole our hearts with their debut are back to whisk us away to dreamland.” – Refinery29 “…dreamy, 60s psychedelic-folk vibes.” – Blackbook “…a rallying cry for personal resilience.” – Paste “Raw and honest” - Noisey “Haerts offer a tale of metamorphosis and confidence to change” - The Line of Best Fit https://www.haertsmusic.com/
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