Erika de Casier's 2019 album Essentials was a rare album that lived up to its lofty title. The record's mix of feather-lite vocals and dreamy electronic R&B production earned her fans in Dua Lipa and Clairo among others and today she returns with new song “No Butterflies, No Nothing," her first on new label 4AD. “No Butterflies, No Nothing” is a step up from Essentials with de Casier, born in Portugal and raised in Denmark, mixing club ready basslines with harp flourishes to create something that feels both future facing and impossibly romantic at the same time.
She tapped into the lovelorn spirit of the track for its video, which she also directed, recreating the kind of period drama (think bonnets, puffy shirts, and English country manor.
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