Jilian Medford, who makes music as IAN SWEET, released her album Show Me How You Disappear last year, which proved to be her most ambitious project yet. Since then, she's shared a couple one-off singles including a cover of Coldplay's "Yellow" and a single called "f*ckthat." Today, IAN SWEET shared another new track called "FIGHT," a blissful gust of dream-pop that recalls a mix of Hellogoodbye, Hatchie, and Cocteau Twins, along with a Lucy Sandler–directed video. The track comes off a new EP Medford is working on called Star Stuff.
"FIGHT" was written about “a pandemic relationship—one that didn't end up working out,” Medford revealed. “Spending everyday with someone, doing everything together, not knowing if the world was going to end. Leaning on someone with such heaviness, putting our entire weight and being onto each other because it's all we had. The song plays into both the monotony of the relationship and the catastrophe that I went through after it ended. I felt so content in the relationship but then my entire world fell apart when it ended and I didn't know how to pick myself back up and move forward.”
The song, which can succinctly be described as a bittersweet delight, comes with a dreamy video where different patrons at a karaoke bar take turns singing the track in a soft neon-green glow. Later, Medford takes the stage and gives the performance of her life. “I can only describe making ‘FIGHT’ as a true celebration, a giant family affair," Sandler added. "By the end of the day all our friends became friends, the bar owners were taking shots with everyone, and Jilian got to crowd surf which made me tear up because she was so happy. I just wanted to capture the rawness and excited vulnerability that comes with a karaoke performance.”
Watch "FIGHT" below.
