Danny Golden has a great night time to be unhealthy within the video for “Hangover,” premiering completely beneath in entrance of the discharge of his new album, Old Love.
“The tune got here from a fairly natural place of waking up one morning feeling the ache of the hangover and simply form of writing about it,” the Austin-by-way-of-Pittsburgh singer — who drinks at a home occasion, snorts with aliens in a tent and winds up staring down a disgusted girlfriend within the video — tells Billboard. “It’s a easy tune. It’s in regards to the occasion getting out of hand, and the music video is a farcical taken on it.” Despite that, Golden has discovered “Hangover” resonating with audiences greater than he anticipated.
“I’ve been doing that one dwell and after reveals folks come as much as me and say, ‘Oh, man, that one hit near residence. It was a bit of too actual,'” Golden says. “The tune is admittedly about my form of fascination with folks’s relationships with substances. I’ve a lot empathy for individuals who undergo that wrestle. I believe a whole lot of instances addictions and issues like that may be met with a whole lot of judgment, however I actually see the humanity in that kind of countless cycle of self-loathing and self-medication that comes with it.”
Golden is not drawing from private expertise, nevertheless. “I’ve by no means had severe issues with any of that stuff,” he says, “however I’ve a whole lot of associates who’ve, and I discovered them very inspiring. The extra you be taught in regards to the illness of habit the extra empathy you will have for individuals who undergo it. Being in Austin and being surrounded by musicians on a regular basis, I’ve discovered lots of people I’m near have tales about habit and restoration.”
Old Love marks Golden’s second album, following a self-released debut in 2016. Due out Nov. 2, Golden recorded Old Love in Austin with members of Black Pumas, White Denim, Glorietta, the Golden Dawn Arkestra and different teams. “I wasn’t actually in a rush out make a file or something,” Golden says. “I used to be simply form of gigging round and was actually impressed by the connection I used to be in to start out writing, form of exploring the ups and downs of that. But I’m actually pleased with this one.” And Golden feels assured that the album might be one thing of a launch pad for his fledgling profession.
“Yeah, this actually appears like a second of form of knocking on the door of the true deal,” he says. “This is a file I believe folks might be to essentially join with. It actually appears like a giant leap ahead for me as an artist and an expert musician.”
