Following the release of her debut solo single "Crimes" in April, former Chromatics vocalist Ruth Radelet has announced plans to release her first collection of material as a solo artist. The Other Side EP arrives on October 7, and today, she's shared cinematic lead single "Stranger" with an accompanying black-and-white music video shot on 16mm film.
Alongside "Stranger" and "Crimes," the EP includes three brand new songs written with and produced by Filip Nikolic.
"The Other Side represents a side of my personality as an artist that most people haven't seen until now," Radelet explained in a statement. "It also represents my coming out the other side of a traumatic experience, gathering what I could from 'before' and figuring out how to exist 'after.'
The artist continued:
This record was forged in the fire of a transformative two-year period during which I lost almost everything, including my father who was a huge influence on me. Most of the songs were written just before I was caught up in a storm of big changes, and they were all finished just as life started to feel sweet again. It feels right to share some of the last chapter before moving into the next, and though it's a melancholy record, for me The Other Side is a step into a bigger and brighter future.
Of the new single, she added: "'Stranger' is about a specific kind of loneliness that I have only felt in Los Angeles. Although the song is very much about longing, it's more about a place than a person. The lyric 'I could never hold you in my hands' is about the feeling of always being on the outside looking in, of the city never fully opening its doors to me."
Watch the James Manson-directed video for "Stranger" below, where you'll also find the EP tracklist.
The Other Side:
1. Stranger
2. Sometimes
3. Crimes
4. Be Careful
5. Youth
Alongside "Stranger" and "Crimes," the EP includes three brand new songs written with and produced by Filip Nikolic.
"The Other Side represents a side of my personality as an artist that most people haven't seen until now," Radelet explained in a statement. "It also represents my coming out the other side of a traumatic experience, gathering what I could from 'before' and figuring out how to exist 'after.'
The artist continued:
This record was forged in the fire of a transformative two-year period during which I lost almost everything, including my father who was a huge influence on me. Most of the songs were written just before I was caught up in a storm of big changes, and they were all finished just as life started to feel sweet again. It feels right to share some of the last chapter before moving into the next, and though it's a melancholy record, for me The Other Side is a step into a bigger and brighter future.
Of the new single, she added: "'Stranger' is about a specific kind of loneliness that I have only felt in Los Angeles. Although the song is very much about longing, it's more about a place than a person. The lyric 'I could never hold you in my hands' is about the feeling of always being on the outside looking in, of the city never fully opening its doors to me."
Watch the James Manson-directed video for "Stranger" below, where you'll also find the EP tracklist.
The Other Side:
1. Stranger
2. Sometimes
3. Crimes
4. Be Careful
5. Youth