“Play Pretend” features a swaggering bassline, lots of harmonies by brothers Sean and Kyle Luster, and lyrics that the band considers to be a “breakup” with 2020. This is the first time the band is releasing a song that they wrote, recorded, and mixed on their own in their basement. This is also their first new song release since 2019, marking a sleek new direction with their sound while preserving the band’s love for both melodic and instrumental hooks. (Fits alongside Charlie Puth, Dua Lipa, DNCE)

Play Pretend

Song written & performed by The French Tips
Produced by The French Tips & Z.V. House
Engineered & mixed by Z.V. House at Rabbitbrush Audio
Mastered by Mell Dettmer at Studio Soli
Photography by Lila Streicher 

Lyrics:
You said you’d never take it all
but this is all I have left of you
I’m kicking all the dust you shed
down this shady avenue

Is it all a shame if we die alone
Is it all okay if we never find our halo

I’m hearing all the seashell whispers
as they slide inside the wake
Or maybe it’s the sigh of shadows
right before I break

I’m painting all the stained glass mirrors
as they’re staring back at me
I’ve chosen all the shades of nothing
cuz they hold no memory

Halo

All the Rage

Siren

This is the chill dance remix of Red Light Challenge's most streamed song, "Play Pretend". It features a swaggering bassline, lots of harmonies by brothers Sean and Kyle Luster, and personal lyrics. Perfect for listening to when you still feel like dancing at midnight. (Fits alongside Sam Smith, Charlie Puth, Dua Lipa, DNCE)

Play Pretend (Midnight Version)

I Have Everything

Songs From My Kitchen, Vol. 1

Goodbye

Miley Cyrus & Ariana Grande - Don't Dream It's Over - Backyard Sessions

Lyrics:
You’re an outcast, traveling vast searching for meaning, lost again it seems You’ve got a map, but a compass that only points left 
You’ll bow before your so-called monarchy under your cloak that speaks for nothing 
You’ve got a map, and you don’t know you should go west

You’re some beautiful array, and never one thing
Do you see yourself whole or in pieces? 
If it’s only your identity, don’t choose to be pulled by the strings 

The fountain of youth creates truth we don’t know
The one thing they say is the one thing they show 
They’ve got a map, but you know it’s torn right and left 
So you're lucky to have pulled the sword from the stone
You're one big meaning all on your own 
You’ve got a map, but it's a long road that leads home

You’re some beautiful array, and never one thing 
Do you see yourself whole or in pieces?
If it’s only your identity, don’t choose to be pulled by the strings 

Who do you really have to please?
Won’t say it, don’t know it, they’re just unworthy
Through the blacked woods, what do you see? 
Will you ride on through?  
Possibly

You’re some beautiful array, and never one thing 
Do you see yourself whole or in pieces?
 If it’s only your identity, don’t choose to be pulled by the strings
You’re some beautiful array, and never one thing 
Do you see yourself whole or in pieces?
If it’s only your identity, don’t choose to be pulled by the strings

Compass

Crowded House

Crowded House - Don't Dream It's Over (1986)

Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?

The Cranberries - Linger

Syd Hair sings, draws the album covers, and writes the lyrics. Andrew Every composes and plays multiple instruments.
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Compass

Minor Paradox

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