As well as being the title track of her new album (out on 2nd August) Happier Now is the new single from Devin Tuel who resides in rural Pennsylvania, and is better known to the larger world as Native Harrow, the latest signing to Loose Music here in the UK. We all experience melancholic moments in our life that are often described as passing clouds, a reminder that those moments, like the clouds, will eventually pass. It’s part of life and a fertile ground for songs, an often more realistic one than those happy-clappy chart songs we hear far too often. All singers should be allowed to follow their own paths rather than have them twisted and turned to others. Tuel’s not afraid to follow her gut as she demonstrates with this song. It’s hard to be utterly timeless and refreshingly original, but Native Harrow manages it with ease.
Devin on Happier Now:
“Happier Now was born out of exhaustion over others demanding of me a “happy sing-songy attitude” both in life and in songwriting. For the most part, I tend to write from the more melancholy and challenging aspects of human life… So often I have had to defend a song, my attitude, and my career choices to others. Happier Now is a sort of passive-aggressive way of me saying I can write a happy song if it makes YOU feel good. But I won’t because that’s not who I am and the older I get the easier it gets to let it all go. I’m interested in realness, and looking difficulties square in the face.
“The music video concept was put together rather simply with the help and execution of Maya Oren who filmed and edited the video.
“I love the woods and the contrast between the sun and the wind, the light and the grey. I wanted to capture the simplicity of nature and let the lyrics ring out. My movements are informed by the lyrics and also inspired by the way the grass bends in the wind and the way the leaves flutter effortlessly in their own dance; teaching me how to be free.”
Happier Now is released on August 2nd via Loose Music.