Diiv are again with a brand new track, “Return of Youth.” The observe’s accompanying music video was filmed after the fires in Altadena, California, that destroyed tons of of companies and houses, together with one belonging to Diiv frontman Zachary Cole Smith. You’ll be able to see the video under.
Smith, his pregnant spouse, and two-year-old son safely evacuated their Altadena home earlier than it was misplaced in January’s deadly wildfires, however Smith’s pal launched a GoFundMe on the artist’s behalf to assist recoup the lack of their home, musical devices, automobile, and extra belongings. With all that’s occurred since then, together with what’s captured on this new video, Smith shared a protracted assertion tied to “Return of Youth”:
hello
diiv has a brand new track out at the moment, “return of youth”. sorry for the lengthy assertion
‘frog’ was an album that targeted our gaze outward on the world round us. it captured a collection of snapshots of our situation, in confusion and disgust and awe.
the writing interval for this album was a part of an exquisite time in my life, as we ready and waited for our first little one to be born. that magnificence was lower with a profound existential dilemma: how can we carry a toddler into this world?
the widespread thread operating by way of the fragmented world of the album was hope. we’ve talked about it a bit. actual hope, false hope, one thing to offer your life that means. its a person journey. i discovered it in parenthood, however you could find it wherever you need.
“return of youth” was written earlier than our son was born, a projection, zooming in till the bigger existential dilemmas had been out of body. the place “fender on the freeway” discovered peace within the patterns of a huge macro, this one finds it in an earthly and easy micro. i imagined seeing myself by way of the eyes of my little one, a rebirth of kinds, laced with concern and insecurity, discovering magnificence and serenity collectively within the easiest locations.
on the very starting of the 12 months my household and that i misplaced our residence and the whole lot we owned to the wildfires in altadena, ca. we had been getting ready for the beginning of our second son. we had been residing within the lovely world at residence that i had imagined on this track, and without delay that world was gone.
after we re-approached this track to lastly launch it, i couldn’t assist however hear the track in another way within the aftermath. what makes a house? are you able to ever escape the skin world? is hope only a delusion? is anybody really ready to be a mother or father? how CAN you carry a toddler into this world?
