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Ryan Hemsworth’s Secret Songs compilations are always solid. But when Hemsworth himself decides gets involved, the pot is sweetened considerably.
Mitski’s feather-light vocals seem tailor-made for Hemsworth’s toolbox of chimes and pitch-bends. “Francis Forever” was originally written as a straight rock song, a heartsick anthem full of sass and funk.
This rework swaps out Mitski’s empowering swells for uptempo drums and reversed piano lines. It’s a remix in the truest sense of the word, keeping the main melody and flipping everything else on its head.
If you’re at SXSW, come out to see Ryan Hemsworth perform at our Hype Hotel show:
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