Queen Alaska releases new single and video 'When You Smile When You Die'

Two months following previous release Run to You electronic producer, composer, and vocalist Anneli Bentler – professionally known as Queen Alaska – has returned with new single When You Smile When You Die. Success has been building ever since she burst onto the scene with the captivating Under My Skin, featured on The Line of Best Fit, The Burning Ear and Indie Shuffle, and as a new year approaches over the horizon you can be sure that Queen Alaska will be a name on people’s lips.

When You Smile When You Die comes ahead of second EP Interlude of the Inner Voice II/II which when combined with the preceding I/II EP forms her upcoming debut album. The track features Mannheim-based producer and singer Simon Wind AKA VJND, who provides lead vocals on the song’s catchy chorus. Creatively gifted in more than just her music Anneli is a skilful audiovisual artist, producing all of the visuals released alongside her work so far.

Anneli’s pristine production, built by a use of glitchy drum machines and analogue synthesizers, conveys a sense of nostalgia and unforgotten love – fantastically crafted to create a piece of music that is delicate but strong and extremely easy to dance to. The song’s self-produced music video aids in depicting a sense of sentimental longing, with very personal video footage of Anneli’s childhood interspersed with NASA footage.

This contrast is also what she describes in her lyrics, as she explains: “When You Smile When You Die is a song about the diversity of deep, essential, human relationships. Supposed contrasts like strength / vulnerability and dream / reality seem to lie close together in deep connections. The nearest people around can be salvation and burden at once - they awaken the most fulfilling but also scariest feelings inside. Obviously, it is because they matter. All these memories and feelings connected to them - that is what will last in the end. It moves us, it is the beat of our life. With this song, I wanted to face and honour the beauty of these rich and diverse relationships.”

When You Smile When You Die will be released on December 8th.

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December 13, 2017 9:36am ET by Liberty Music PR   Comments (0)

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