"Touch the Sun" | ||||
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Single by Cryalot | ||||
from the EP Icarus | ||||
Released | 27 July 2022 | |||
Genre | Hyperpop | |||
Length | 4:38 | |||
Label | AWAL | |||
Songwriter(s) | Sarah Midori Perry, Jennifer Walton | |||
Producer(s) | Jennifer Walton | |||
Cryalot singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
Touch the Sun on YouTube |
"Touch the Sun" is a single from Kero Kero Bonito vocalist Sarah Midori Perry's solo project Cryalot, released 27 July 2022 by AWAL. The song is the second single from Cryalot's debut EP Icarus , and like the lead single "Hell Is Here", it was co-written by Perry and producer Jennifer Walton. "Touch the Sun" was released alongside a music video directed by Perry. [1] [2]
Per BroadwayWorld's Michael Major, "Touch the Sun" is "a colorful, ethereal track pinned down by absorbing hyper-pop electronics and delicate vocals" which "crystallizes the intense dichotomy that exists within the Cryalot universe with the trippy self-directed accompanying visuals providing further stark contrast to striking debut single "Hell Is Here"." [1] Stereogum's James Rettig called it "brighter and sweeter than its predecessor." [3] Rolling Stone's Selim Bulut called it a "flash of brightness" and a "cathartic release" amongst "all the EP's dark moments". [4]
Per Perry, "Touch the Sun" "is about the feeling of being invincible and the unshakable belief that you can overcome any difficulties" and "depicts the beginning of the Icarus story; celebrating the courage when he decides to take flight, the excitement of breaking free and knowing that leap of faith is worth all the risks." [3] [5] [6]