"lost angeles" song

I just want our band and the music we're putting out to be a source of light and comfort for people. But naturally they came through once we started creating. I've realized that like I [too] am turning to music for comfort, because there are so many things we can't do. Lost Angeles. And it kind of gave us a beach vibe. But we're just keeping a positive mindset and trying to look for ways we can help and can try to bring positivity through with this. The Aces Talk New Single "Lost Angeles" and Making Music During COVID-19 Pandemic. We've really already been through so much, even just as 24- and 22-year-olds. “I can't even look back on pictures of touring and playing shows cause we just can't do that,” McKenna says. It's very easy for artists and anybody to get that way. Katie: After our first record, [we] really started touring for the first time ever, and we toured for like a year and a half straight. Alisa: I think that [we've learned what] we don't want to do versus advice we've been given. So, a lot of the imagery that we referenced for this new chapter is '90s skateboard and surf culture and '80s punk culture in London and in the UK. With the release of the band’s new single “Lost Angeles” today, Teen Vogue spoke with The Aces about their new era, what they’ve learned about themselves as musicians, and how they’re trying to spread positivity in a pandemic. It was inspired by, weirdly enough, 311 and some of those very, beachy-feeling bands. We're really doing things in the way that we want to and expressing ourselves in the way that we want to. Everybody's Horny and Thirst Trapping Like There's No Tomorrow Because of the Coronavirus Pandemic. We tried to steer clear of too many like references or too many heavy influences. I think that we have mastered our band dynamics together, us four, and it really feels like something that you can't just opt out of, if that makes sense. I had written a poem on a flight one time, and it was back when we hadn't moved to L.A. yet. Lost Angeles, you're the loneliest City I've ever known Submit Corrections. It definitely feels like the proper next level for The Aces. It's not about the fame or the money, it never has been for us, but it's nice to really feel that wholeheartedly during these stressful, sad times. Tell me about the concept behind the song. It's just been such a whirlwind that I feel so proud of us because we have been able to endure through hard things and nip them quickly. And then once that foundation was set by that, we'd be like, "Oh this reminds me of this." And we'll continue to do it for the rest of our lives, simply because we love music, we love connecting to our fans. Writer(s): Simon Wilcox, Mckenna Petty, Michael Joseph Green. It's pretty crazy thinking about everything that we've been through the past couple of years with touring for the first time, moving, getting married, our relationships and writing. The Aces Talk New Single "Lost Angeles" and Making Music During COVID-19 Pandemic. Katie: We've become really good at knowing what benefits us, making tough decisions and the business side. And I feel like if anything, we've just gotten closer and stronger as friends and as family. Back in March, The Aces ushered in the next era of their music career with new single “Daydream,” a candy-coated, electric pop anthem perfect for summer. It's an ongoing question that's just affected every aspect of everyone's lives. “This is a human problem, and I think it's bringing everyone together more than ever.”. It's so much more sure of itself. Alisa of The Aces explained in an interview for Teen Vogue, "'Lost Angeles' came through a poem. It's this weird back and forth kind of what Los Angeles is about. We've also just grown so much as musicians and players and going into this next record, we were exploring different sounds. Teen Vogue: How have you guys grown since the release of your first record? I had written a poem on a flight one time, and it was back when we hadn't moved to L.A. yet. Alisa: "Lost Angeles" came through a poem. It feels like a sisterhood. With releasing music, we'd be expecting to do music video and photo shoots, in-person interviews, playing pop-up shows, and preparing to put a tour on sale. It truly just feels like family. And I think that we've really worked on and confronted any issues that would arise. Why did you guys decide to make this the first song of your new era? Teen Vogue: Obviously musicians have been drastically affected by COVID-19. We just really wanted to pull from imagery and from music that brings joy, and you can tell that those artists aren't trying to be anything but who they are. We've made this commitment to each other for our life this far to be in this creative group together, and it feels like we've just gotten better and better at navigating what that means and what that looks in day-to-day, real life, the touring to writing music to traveling to everything. Teen Vogue: You just released a new single today, "Lost Angeles." Alongside the single, the band shared a music video directed by Alisa, featuring the girls bonding on a desert adventure, while stealing cars, dining and dashing and sneaking into a motel. We've been together since we were like 10 years old, so I feel like if you can get through the angsty teen years, you can pretty much get through anything. I think that that's the most important thing across the board. Touring used to be a natural part of The Aces’ lives, and it’s just not possible right now — it’s also something they might’ve taken for granted. How we operate and do things have been totally changed. Show full articles without "Continue Reading" button for {0} hours. … I think as time passes, we just get better and better at expressing ourselves and articulating ourselves. It's affected nearly everything. Just kinda like the dark sides of Los Angeles, but also what you love about it. Alisa: There's like this new norm that everyone's adjusting to. Teen Vogue: Is there anything you’ve learned from other artists that has stuck with you since you started? Despite The Aces ushering in a new era, like many artists, they’ve hit a career conundrum during the COVID-19 outbreak, which has drastically affected the music industry. But then how you can maybe meet someone or have an experience that totally ruins that city for you for a little bit. 3:11. If It makes you nervous to say it, then are you saying something that's important for you to say? Cristal: My only concern is when I get on Instagram Live, or when I do those kinds of things, [is providing] human connection and comfort. It just turned into telling that story of how you can love a place so much and then how quickly it can be tainted for you, too. I feel really proud of us for that. “It's something that was just such a normal thing that we would do and sometimes, it would even be super hard to be away from home, but I miss that so much, and I cannot wait to get back to doing that and having that connection with our fans.”, At the same time, The Aces feel comforted by the fact that they aren’t in this alone. We wanted to start really raw and fresh just from whatever we were feeling that day and just let our emotions like do the work. We've toured with and met a lot of artists and seen how easily success can become relative. Like putting good art into the world for our fans. Cristal: We've grown so much. We just really pushed ourselves to be as honest, authentic and as human as possible. We've just become masters at communication between the four of us. It was all over the board. I've even seen people where they have massive arena tours and buses, and they still want more. 1. So, the new record is a big step forward for us as a band. How has the pandemic affected your lives as musicians? I'm really grateful that we've been able to have that reminder, like, "We still do it for the same reason we did it when we were 10 years old." For instance, we wrote like half of this record in a beach house in Malibu and we were just sipping on pina coladas and totally living the dream life. Comprised of guitarist Katie Henderson, bassist McKenna Petty, and sisters, drummer Alisa Ramirez and lead vocalist and guitarist Cristal Ramirez, the indie-pop quartet released their debut album, When My Heart Felt Volcanic back in 2018, adding their fresh, West Coast power-pop voices to the genre. Let us slide into your DMs. Want more from Teen Vogue? So it's like, okay, "How do we do all this stuff on the internet?" How has your relationship changed with each other? Whether you have your heart broken there or whether you had a bad experience there, it's kind of about that. Los Angeles Lyrics: Fire on the beach / Face to the sky / The stars dance around like gods in disguise / The gold silhouette / You take off your clothes / And my heart feels the weight of all I don't [We're] sticking together always and making the right decisions for us. I think we've never said things we're saying or addressed the things that we've addressed before. It's just a little bit more grown up. Check this out: Everybody's Horny and Thirst Trapping Like There's No Tomorrow Because of the Coronavirus Pandemic, Like us on Facebook to see similar stories, Wildfire kills Colorado couple in their 80s who wouldn't evacuate beloved home, sheriff says, A 24-year-old engineer created a website that tells you if your McDonald's has a working ice-cream machine. “Every single person, no matter what job, no matter what stage you're at in your life, everyone's trying to adjust to this,” McKenna adds. Released April 6, 2020. We were still in that phase where we would travel back and forth and stay in hotels. Teen Vogue: Your single “Daydream” is seriously a pre-summer, summer bop. Honestly, something we used to do in the past when me and Cristal would go into the studio to write a song, we would pull a lot of references from certain music we were into, or movies or art that we were into at the time, and try to draw inspiration from that. And not to say that our last record wasn't, you know exactly what we felt like it needed to be in that time, but it just feels really good to look back on things you've made and see progression and see growth and see maturity. Cristal: I think the overarching theme is us baring our souls in this record. 1 Song, 3 Minutes. But all of that has been shut down, essentially. That's where the real learning curve of figuring out how to put our performances on social media, how to do our interviews, how to make music videos on our phones. Teen Vogue: What have you guys learned about yourselves as a band since putting out your first album? We've made it a goal very, very early on to like confront them, talk about them and then let them go. “It felt like the perfect comeback song, but I also felt like [it was] the perfect jumping-off point for what we're going to be exploring on the record,” Cristal tells Teen Vogue. We mostly just wanted to be inspired by other artists' authenticity and other artists' bravery, instead of their exact sonics or exactly what they were wearing. I think that we really explored our sound and pushed ourselves, and "Daydream" kind of felt like the perfect little bridge into the next chapter, if that makes sense. Sign up for the Teen Vogue daily email. Connect with friends faster than ever with the new Facebook app. With this one, it was almost different: We tried to go in every day and not do that. We were still in that phase where we would travel back and forth and stay in hotels. Cristal: Honestly, we've just got in like closer. Some of it was inspired by Lana Del Rey. I think it was more like, "How do we push ourselves to be the boldest versions of The Aces, and what does that look like?". Something I've been thinking about lately is being super grateful for the success we have now and where we're at now and not just focused on getting bigger and getting more of that.

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