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Have a case of the Monday blues? No worries, because Maude Latour will cure it with her new single “Furniture”.
The 20-year-old rising artist’s fresh new indie pop banger instantly delivers feelings of nostalgia, youth empowerment, and the urge to jump around on your bed… or any other piece of furniture in your home!
Made Latour is based in NYC, and grew up all around the world – having spent time living in Sweden, London, New York, and Hong Kong. She settled in New York City for high school, and turned her adventures into poetry and stories. Very soon, those evolved into melodies and lyrics! Last year, Maude released her debut Starsick EP, which helped her build a dedicated fanbase, rake in millions of streams, and praise from notable publications.
Speaking of “Furniture”, Maude shared, “This song actually saved me. I didn’t think my heart could actually break, but it turns out I’m human like everyone else. I wrote this song at the lowest moment of my break-up, and the power and healing I had after creating it started me on a road to finding myself again. But the song became itself when it became the anthem that I needed. I remember waiting outside on a cold November morning to accidentally run into my ex. I was blasting this song, and suddenly I felt invincible. He and I had a conversation, we both cried, and he started to walk away. I was sitting on the steps to the library at Columbia University, watching him look back once more. But for the first time I wasn’t crushed as he walked away. I had a secret. I had this song. I put my headphones in and laid down on the concrete stairs. I started blasting the song and crying and laughing at the same time. This song was my healing, this was me. I hadn’t lost myself. Here I was, writing my world, writing my existence into the history of humanity, nothing was lost, nothing was in vain. This song hasn’t lost any of its power to me.”
Maude also released a colorful music video for “Furniture”, which was created just before the stay at home orders went into effect.
“The ‘Furniture’ video is my wonderful little secret joy. Created by my incredible and talented friend Fergus Campbell, we made something come to life. I love this video with my entire heart. The Furniture video was made on one of the last days before Corona ended school,” she revealed. “We spent an entire day with so many of my close friends, and we had the literal best time. We were all blown away after. We couldn’t believe how much fun we had. This all takes place in my dorm, with my suitemates, the kids who live on my floor, with a $0 budget. Of course – that’s how I want all my videos. My real life. Nothing else. The colors, the anger, the symmetry, the vignettes, that’s everything. Everyone’s reading my philosophy books from my shelf (read the titles, they all have some meaning). The hand sanitizer, my friends’ relationship, my friends who are mentioned in the songs, my ex’s friends (such troopers for participating, respect). The coolest thing is that everyone is playing themself. I will never be able to separate the joy of making this video from the video itself. It is a perfect capture of this feeling, the fury, the closure that making art really is, of melting, of my dorm, college, of true happiness. A little box of nostalgia. That’s what all this is for anyway, right?“
And that’s on authenticity!
Listen to “Furniture” and check out the music video below. Be sure to also say hi to Maude Latour on Twitter and Instagram @maudelstatus!
