Vera Blue

Vera Blue Strips It Back For The “Lie To Me” Acoustic Video

“Lie To Me” Hits Over 4 Million Streams Vera Blue releases the video for her new single (from the acoustic version of her current single “Lie To upcoming second studio Me”—watch it here at https://youtu.be/ album) - called “Lie To Me.” tcPKBHmcSFU! Filmed at The Grounds in Alexandria, Sydney, the video performance shines If the tracks on a spotlight on Vera Blue’s seemingly endless vocal Perennial were written in the range and follows her surprise release last month of ashes of a devastating break a stripped back version of the original single. up, then “Lie To Me” is The new video comes off the back of Vera other end of the romantic Blue’s intimate Sydney show for Great Southern spectrum – falling IN love. Nights where the electro pop-powerhouse transported her fans to a whole new world “When you go performing her songs for the first time with a string through a lot of emotional section. shit, you can’t imagine Vera Blue premiered “Lie To Me” as part of ship. Then you suddenly fall the YouTube Music Sessions and most recently into one, and the fear and gave an incredible performance of the song on the mistrust can be overwhelming: ‘is this as amazing when I first started performing – my voice was so first episode of ABC’s The Sound. Watch the as it seems - or is it going to blow up in my face sweet and innocent! I could not have reached the standout performance here at https://youtu.be/ again!’” belting moments at the end of ‘Lie To Me’ back sowfAWn9Kao. then. My voice is stronger than it ever has been The song is anchored to a pulsating, tropical which enhances what we create in the studio.” On release, “Lie To Me” was instantly beat, (and a shrewd hybrid of live and electronic added to triple j and hit #1 most played on the drums); but then interweaves a scattering of Pavey acknowledges that the styling and youth broadcaster. With support coming from local ominous sounding vocal samples and synths. It’s a dressing of Vera Blue has also been critical to her and global playlists across all DSP’s, “Lie To Me” summery dance hit – with extra layers of sonic creative evolution and burgeoning on-stage has now amassed over 4 million global streams, tension. persona. As her musical identity and live audiences taking her overall music streams to well over 250 have expanded – so have her fashion choices! million. Back on board are Pavey’s essential Vera Working with stylist, Jana Bartolo, her outfits range Blue producing/co-writing collaborators – siblings from spectacular florals and prints to reflective Next week, Flume’s track “Rushing Back,” Andy and Thom Mak; as well as engineer Jackson materials and kilometres of tulle; fans and which features Vera Blue on vocals, will be up for Barclay. According to Blue, it was hearing the first followers can’t wait to see what Vera Blue will Song Of The Year and Best Dance Release at the chorus for the first time that provided the most wear next. “We deliberately choose things that are 2020 ARIA Awards. exhilarating, break through moment in the team’s enhanced by movement – that you can see from the writing/recording process on “Lie To Me.” back row.” The metamorphosis of gifted folk singer/ Pavey losing her mind at the yourself in a new relationsongwriter Celia Pavey into the electro pop “The stacked vocals flare up and Andy took She also teases a bold new visual direction powerhouse Vera Blue has been as visually almost everything away except this really and a “kaleidoscope of colour” for the “Lie To electrifying as it has musically scintillating. interesting sound that was a bit like a marimba. It Me” video clip: “There is a psycho element to this sounded really fresh and made the lyrics more song that is very theatrical and cinematic – I can It began with the release of the critically direct and powerful.” see myself becoming a whole different character in lauded EP Fingertips and its achingly ethereal the video.” breakthrough platinum single “Hold.” Musically, “Would you lie to me? If I lie, would you the track fuses Pavey’s raw lyrical insights and lie? Say goodbye to me?” One thing is for sure, if falling in love is as captivating vocals with elegant, hypnotic terrifying as it is intoxicating – you may lose a little electronica; while the accompanying black and Intriguingly, Vera Blue is not directing these bit more of your mind every time you listen to Vera white video plays with close up perspectives and a lyrical questions at the object of her affection – but Blue’s compulsive new single. hauntingly interior tone. at the warring voices in her own head: some validating and amplifying her panic and jealousy, But what could be better than a nervous The rapturously received debut album the others imploring her to take hold and not breakdown you can dance to? Perennial came next; along with that dance- destroy a good thing. inducing, double platinum single “Regular Touch” VERA BLUE: ONLINE – and its far more cinematic visual direction. This “Lie To Me” builds these duelling time, a Goddess-like Vera Blue is captured in perspectives to a fully blown musical psychosis Facebook | sweeping colour against majestic snow peaks and about 2 minutes and 43 seconds into the song: https://www.facebook.com/verabluemusicrolling, faded green mountain ranges; her soaring where one hundred Vera Blue’s howl their vocals as wild and resplendent as her flaming hair. collective paranoia at the world, as they are enveloped by a menacing, throbbing soundscape. Instagram The blinding success of Perennial was https://www.instagram.com/verabluemusic/ followed by the globally penetrating Flume It’s one of several moments throughout the collaboration “Rushing Back” (which reached #2 track that exploit the elevated power in Pavey’s YouTube on Triple J’s Hottest 100); and two chart topping extraordinary vocal capacity; which she credits to https://music.youtube.com/channel/ post album singles. The breezily melodic “All The three years of relentless live performing and UC8iyVa4WY1o5Kp-8gJx3NrwPretty Girls” scales down the electronica and turns projecting her voice over festival crowds. (Apart up the folk-pop; while “The Way That You Love Me” moved back towards electronic grunge and from her sell out domestic shows – Vera Blue has played Splendour in the Grass and Lollapalooza Website showed us how sometimes love can be taken both as a solo artist and as part of a world tour with https://www.verablue.com advantage of. Flume; and supported indie pop prodigy Maggie Which brings us to the next exhilarating Rogers in North America). Press Photos Credit - Jason Henley chapter in the Vera Blue Odyssey, and the brand “I recently watched some vision of myself December 2020 • Rock and Blues International 45