"Restless" | ||||
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Single by Allday featuring The Veronicas | ||||
from the album Starry Night Over the Phone | ||||
Released | 7 June 2019 | |||
Length | 3:12 | |||
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Allday singles chronology | ||||
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"Restless" on YouTube |
"Restless" is a song by Australian rapper Allday featuring Australian pop duo The Veronicas. It was released on 7 June 2019 as the fourth single from Allday's third studio album Starry Night Over the Phone . They performed the song live on Triple J on the day of its release along with a cover of Joni Mitchell's "Big Yellow Taxi". [1]
The music video for "Restless" was filmed in Adelaide and directed and produced by Rory Pippan and released on 25 June 2019. [2] Allday said "I went back to Adelaide (my hometown) to shoot all the videos for this album and I wanted to capture the desolation and boredom of the place. Growing up in a boring place was fantastic for me because it sparked my imagination;where I'm from is really important to me. We used that as inspiration,and exaggerated a lot of the light and dark aspects of the place for this video." [3]
Thomas Bleach from The Music Network described the collaboration as "a match made in heaven" and "a soothing pop song full of sweet harmonies". Bleach said:"The two Aussie acts were able to draw from their unique sounds and fuse together a slick vibe that audiences will instantly fall in love with." [4]
Mike Wass from Idolator described the song as "one of [his] favorite songs of the year" saying "'Restless' is an unusually honest breakup anthem with enough hooks to fill a hardware store." [5]
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