Today, London-based producer, vocalist and songwriter caro♡ announces her self-produced debut album Heartbeats/Heartbreaks, out September 3rd on PC Music.
Alongside the announcement, she shares the album’s latest single and video ‘over U’, available to buy and stream on all platforms.
Described by caro♡ as “a collection of reveries”, her debut album takes place in a dreamworld inspired by her childhood on the French Riviera. Across the expansive 14-track project, songs ebb and flow in intensity, ranging from washes of ambient synth to busier beat-and-bass tracks that buoy caro♡’s ethereal vocal melodies. “The title ‘Heartbeats/Heartbreaks’ isn’t necessarily a romantic idea,” she explains. “It’s more the idea that it’s okay to be super sensitive. Good, even. If your heart breaks, then your heart beats.”
“‘over u’ is the oldest song on the album and it really gave me the courage and the desire to do the rest,” she explains. “I was a bit confused by it at first because I had never done a song like this, so raw and heartfelt, but finding this intensity seemed very true to me. I’d say the meaning of the song is about the distance between the dream and the reality and how sad it can make you feel sometimes, when you’re not 100% happy in your life. So you can’t get over your dream, you can’t get over the feeling you had in that dream and you crave for it. But there’s a silver lining because you know what you’ve felt and you know that one day you might feel it again for real if you can unchain your heart.”
The single is accompanied with a video by photographer and filmmaker Aidan Zamiri, known for his work with artists like Shygirl, Caroline Polachek, and Rina Sawayama.
A founding member of the neo-shoegaze outfit Planet 1999, caro♡ — alongside bandmates Charles and Alex — were the first full band signed to PC Music, where they released their debut ‘Devotion’ EP. Lauded by the press, including Dazed who praised their “taste for sharp, melodic songwriting and, crucially, emphasis on emotion”, the EP cemented both the band as a key rising group to watch and their label as a powerhouse of talent. As Planet 1999, the group also collaborated with Charli XCX on her album Charli and supported labelmate Hannah Diamond on her French tour.
artist caro♡
title Heartbeats/Heartbreaks
label PC Music
date September 3rd
format vinyl/digital
Album pre-order HERE
Tracklist
1. le grand bleu
2. hide me here
3. moonrise
4. over u
5. heart in two
6. wild at heart
7. drop in the ocean
8. sad song 33
9. 4U
10. 7 waves
11. sad song 77
12. marseille
13. 20k feet under
14. do you believe in forever