Premiere: downtempo-pop trio GIVVEN share visible for ‘Dropping Colors’
by: Melisa Yuriar
Feb 25, 2022
Cinematic, evocative, and plastered with dreamy blue hues, “Dropping Colors” is maybe pop trio GIVVEN’s strongest audiovisual outing so far.
The group is comprised of Toronto’s Jordan Haller, Berlin-based Adrian Held, who beforehand made up one half of duo Klangkarussell, and Vienna-based music engineer Nikodem Milewski, whose co-credits embody digital music producers Robin Schulz and Gryffin.
“Dropping Colors” additionally serves because the titular observe of the group’s upcoming audiovisual EP, to be launched on March 24 by Bias Seashore Data. Shot throughout the attractive landscapes of Iceland, moody single “Taking On Water,” first launched on December 1, 2021, set the tone for the singles to comply with.
“We shot the video for ‘Dropping Colors’ with Paris-based dancers Aliashka and Goku Kepler on the well-known black seaside within the south of Iceland. It explores the idea of human connection and vitality. Even should you lose somebody and that individual just isn’t bodily current anymore, the vitality nonetheless stays,” director Rupert Höller tells Dancing Astronaut.
With a driving melody, delicate plucking, and echoing vocals, “Dropping Colors” is a haunting, transferring piece that promotes GIVVEN at their finest.
Classes: Music, Movies