Taste Test: Teddy Clarke puts heartbreak on the big screen with ‘Curtain Call’
British indie-pop artist steals the show with sweeping operatic single
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Heartbreak is a common theme in life and art, but Teddy Clarke is blending the mediums a little with his latest song “Curtain Call”. Clarke explains “When writing the song I could really visualise the story playing out like a film”, and the sweeping strings, pianos and guitars give “Curtain Call” a cinematic quality that allows the story to unfold before the listener’s eyes. The lyrics shadow the actors in a certain kind of symmetry, the boy and the girl are in the same predicament – growing apart without either doing anything wrong. “You’re just a girl I used to like” transforms painfully into “I’m just the boy you used to like”, with the strain of the heartstrings audible through the vulnerable lyrics. Through composition and lyrics, Teddy Clarke has captured the agony of breakups so visually and vividly without ever lifting a camera.
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