Crush is a song that talks about the “Artsy” type and “Bossy” type. 
At times, I have met one or the other. At the time I wrote it, I was talking to someone who was both.

Some lines of this song are very reminiscent of my song Artwork:

"Man there's somethin bout the artsy type 
Really smart and very charming like

Got the vocals soundin' angel-like 
Hang out at the open mic"

I had been reminded around that time how attracted I was to a good singer.
I had not been out much since the pandemic, and had forgotten.

By the same token, I was learning I found ambition very attractive as well:

"Makin' shit happen
Don't let nobody stop her

Go to school at night 
Always tryna grow her pockets

Read a new book
And soakin' up the knowledge"

I was considering not putting this song out at all. I was not sure I liked it.

The night we did the video shoot for Closure, I played Dennis some demos, and he seemed to like this one.
So, I trusted his ear and decided it must be good enough to release.

In the original demo I recorded on my phone for this song, I was sitting in my car; and you could hear thunder and raindrops hitting the roof of the car in the back half of the song.

It went so well with it, but unfortunately I could not figure out how to reproduce that vibe once we got in the studio.

Mike Lakes made the beat for this song;
I went out to Music in Focus studio to have it recorded, mixed and mastered. 

Artwork was done by the artist Elena Guzun.
Dennis filmed the video.

The video shoot came together in 24 hours. 
I spent the entire day before shopping/putting together the outfits you see in the final cut.

I actually had one or two additional outfits that did not make it.
The suit was meant to portray more of the “business type”, but I dressed it up a bit too much I think.

The original idea was to shoot at a music venue, have a woman sitting in one seat, while the video cuts to me in different outfits onstage, and all around the room performing the song.

Sort of as different sides of myself, all vying for a woman's attention.

I was not able to secure a venue on such short notice.

But, we were lucky the space we were able to book had this beautiful wall of flowers which fit the vibe of the song exactly.

My friend Jasmine was the model for this video.
We filmed it at Javier Herrera photography.

Hope you enjoy the track!

Talk soon,

- Sin