Photo by Bella Rose Porter
Recent Partisan signee NoSo has released their latest single and accompanying lyric video, “Honey Understand”. Indulging in cinematic melodrama and rich, red moodiness, the lyric video not only sets the scene for the world of the song, but also highlights NoSo’s storytelling in a beautiful and creative way.
While personal, “Honey Understand” is inspired by NoSo’s (aka Abby Hwong’s) means of escapism.
Abby shared: I was struggling through a very long bout of writer’s block. Because we were all trapped indoors, I had no human experiences or inspiration. Throughout quarantine, I would write an insanely melodramatic screenplay every night before bed to avoid scrolling through my phone. It was comforting to be excited about something without any pressure for it to be good.
After a break from music, the song came to me. A lot of the other music I was making was gentle and ambient, so I wanted to make something weird. while producing the song and muttering gibberish, I started singing lyrics that were storylines of the characters from my screenplay.
To me, writing from a character with a made-up storyline scratches the same part of my brain that creative writing in elementary school did. I would be so excited to share my stories with the class because I loved pretending to be someone else. Writing in this way opened up a sonic landscape I’d never explored before because it felt like I could separate myself from what I was making.”
NoSo has a debut album in the works and will be going out on tour this spring with Yumi Zouma and Molly Burch. Check out dates below:
w/ Yumi Zouma:
04/07 – Atlanta, GA @ Terminal West
04/08 – Durham, NC @ Motorco Music Hall
04/09 – Washington, DC @ Black Cat
04/12 – Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
04/13 – Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
04/14 – Boston, MA @ The Sinclair
04/15 – Portsmouth, NH @ The Press Room
w/ Molly Burch:
05/06 – Rochester, NY @ The Club at Water Street
05/07 – Boston, MA @ Brighton Music Hall
05/09 – Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
05/10 – New Haven, CT @ Space Ballroom
05/11 – Philadelphia, PA @ The Foundry
05/13 – Washington, DC @ Songbyrd
05/14 – Chapel Hill, NC @ Cat’s Cradle
05/15 – Asheville, NC @ Grey Eagle
05/17 – Atlanta, GA @ The Earl
05/18 – Nashville, TN @ Basement East