“I always knew that my music always had way more ‘sad girl’ vibes to it.”
- Silvi Wersing of Chorusgirl
Chorusgirl, governmentally recognized as German-born Silvi Wersing, has just released “Heart of Glue,” the second single from her forthcoming album. “Heart of Glue” is representative of what is to come on COLAPSO CALYPSO, Chorusgirl’s new album, which is set to release in October. Wersing described “Heart of Glue” as “sunshine through the rain clouds, i.e. shimmering melodies layered over darker lyrics.” The track features Wersing’s echoey, emotive vocals combined with a few somber droplets of pop and is topped off by a Kim Deal-esque bass riff.
“This song is about moving through the ups and downs of life,” Wersing shared, “coming through a crisis and a breakdown and realizing that you’re not coming out of it unscathed but that you can glue the pieces of your heart back together and carry on, scars and all.” The release of the track was accompanied by a colorful, sentimental music video, which was shot on an iPhone. “This video is my first foray into music video making,” Wersing shared. “I tried to capture the beauty of the area I grew up in. A very nostalgic blurred trip for me into the past, which is temporarily also my present now.”
The video came as a product of returning to Northern Germany to care for her father after a long period spent away from her hometown. “I have previously written songs about growing up here (“This Town Kills” and “In Dreams”) and have always been fairly scathing about that experience, but I made my peace with it during the pandemic,” Wersing shared. “Far away from my UK friends and networks, the circumstances have given me time and space to explore where I grew up, and also the time and space to recover after my nervous breakdown. I buried all this in this video.”
Frequently compared to industry predecessors, such as Blondie and The Breeders, Wersing takes these comparisons as compliments but does not claim any direct inspiration. The artist shared, “People have also often brought up Blondie in the context of Chorusgirl and while I was always flattered, I always knew that my music always had way more ‘sad girl’ vibes to it; hence ‘Heart of Glue’ rather than ‘Heart of Glass.’” With “Heart of Glue,” Chorusgirl creates music fit for elongated sessions of brooding, and, at times, angry reflection.