Bestfriend – Does It Matter?

Following on from the huge success of their previously shared single ‘Last Bus In The A.M.’, which landed on Spotify’s Fresh Finds playlist, received airplay on London’s Hoxton Radio, and was supported by the likes of Vents Magazine, The Hype Magazine, and A1234, fast-rising indie-pop duo Bestfriend are now back to do it all again as they return with their wonderfully uplifting new offering ‘Does It Matter?’

The minute we heard this song we couldn’t get it out of our heads! It’s one of the catchiest songs we have ever heard! The singing voice is charmingly pure on original and well-written lyrics and the production work is polished and sounds very professional. The tune of this song is so beautiful and there is a great level of songwriting that shines up through this record. ‘Does It Matter?’ is a song that music fans everywhere will love and enjoy listening to and it’s one of those rare songs that left you stuck on repeat all day long.

WHAT THE DUO SAYS ABOUT THIS SONG:

“This song was written in December 2019, before things really came to a head in 2020. It’s a love song about wanting to be with the person you care about the most to comfort each other while the world starts to end around you. The transit theme compares this comfort-in-the-world-ending notion to a similar feeling of running into someone you love on your way somewhere. We’re on a train at the same time going to different places, living our own lives as best we can, but we get to see each other for a brief, sweet moment while we do.”

ABOUT THE DUO:

making music from opposite sides of the country; stacy in the west, kaelan in the east, arguing over drum tones time zones apart. we hope to meet you soon.

“For two artists located on opposite ends of a country, the pair already crafts a signature sound that is immersive and perceptive.” 

With this quote from The Permanent Rain Press, so goes the story of indie pop duo Bestfriend, the culmination of two young artists joining forces to create music from thousands of miles apart. Formed over Instagram DMs in August of 2018 after years of independent musical growth, Stacy Kim (on the West Coast) and Kaelan Geoffrey (on the East Coast) met briefly in person through a mutual friend, and almost a year later bonded over their common use of an MPK MIDI keyboard after a message sent by Geoffrey

Through trial and error and many gigabytes of .wav files sent back and forth over the workplace app Slack (a name that became the cheeky initial title for this music project before deciding on Bestfriend), they collaborated on a cover of Phoebe Bridgers’ Smoke Signals. This became the beginning of the innovative, shapeshifting sound that the band would be known for. Geoffrey’s expert use of dreamy, almost euphoric synthesizers paired with Kim’s guiding, melodious vocals pulls listeners into a physical, shared space, creating harmony within the themes of uncertainty.

Embracing the ever-changing landscape of digital media and technology, Bestfriend used their innate skills in collaboration and intuition to release their first original dual-release single, Television ’99 and twentyfour. These songs follow themes of youthful nostalgia compared to the present, with all the trials and tribulations of a young adult’s turbulent path rife with uncertainty. The line didn’t stop there, though — they immediately returned to writing, with weekly FaceTime sessions to argue over drum tones and word choices, time zones apart.

Through the lens of ethereal-bordering-on-experimental pop music, they continue to explore and dissect motivations and happenings from childhood, highlighting the inconsequentiality of day-to-day heartaches while simultaneously acknowledging them as important and valid feelings regardless. Soon after, they released their third original track, Running, a frank, immersive and captivating song describing the undoing of a modern relationship and the effects it has on those in similar situations.

Bestfriend has one hell of a year ahead of them; they plan on releasing a full-length EP by early 2021, and hope to begin touring in 2022 to share their sound with the world. 

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