A tender, earnest reflection on finding comfort in new romance, Jana Bahrich aka Francis Of Delirium has shared her latest single, ‘Real Love’. Produced by Catherine Marks (boygenius, Wolf Alice, The Killers) the Luxembourg-based songwriter explores her emotions through earnest lyrics and rich, hazy guitar sounds, inspired by the eclectic songwriting styles of Sheryl Crow, Jeff Buckley, Joni Mitchell and The Smashing Pumpkins.
Following a packed touring schedule supporting Soccer Mommy, Briston Maroney, Horsegirl and The Districts, Bahrich somehow found time to write her new song, which is all about embracing vulnerability and opening herself up to something new. “‘Real Love’ at its heart is a simple song about being in love with your best friend,” she explains. “For years, timing got in the way. I got in my own way, and then finally, it worked out. Coming out of a two-month-long tour in the US and heading into summer back at home, it felt like my world was opening up.”
“I wanted to write a song that reflected the feeling of leaning into vulnerability, a song that embraces telling the people you love what they mean to you and truly meaning it. Spending every night watching The Districts on tour really impacted me. There was this hopefulness I heard in their music that I really connected to. After writing our last EP, The Funhouse, which was all about darkness and the feeling of being engulfed by the chaos of the world, I just couldn’t write anything super dark and heavy at the time, it just wouldn’t come out. My body and brain were just guiding me to writing lighter, more open music.”
‘Real Love’ is the result of this “lighter” outlook, which sees Bahrich gently celebrate the beginning of a new relationship. Whilst it may not be as heavy or as dark as her previous offerings, it still flows in the same vulnerable, candid vein that the songwriter is known and admired for among her fans.
Listen to ‘Real Love’ below.
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