SAN HOLO Shares Double Single “black and white” & “MY FAULT” Off Upcoming LP
Dutch producer San Holo shared two new singles last week: ‘black and white’ and ‘MY FAULT’ – the final singles to be released from his highly anticipated new album bb u ok? out 21st May via Counter Records / bitbird. Both tracks dive into more personal and emotional territory for San Holo, reflecting on the complexities of a previous relationship.
Commenting on what both tracks mean to him, he shares:
“MY FAULT is probably the most personal song I’ve ever written. It’s a song about a chapter in my life, a relationship with the highest highs and lowest lows. Being on the road a lot and with music as my number one focus, I’ve always felt sceptical about being in a relationship and scared of not being able to give myself fully to somebody. I can’t commit and don’t fall in love easily, until one time I did.
That relationship was a time of the most intense emotions and memories that shaped a lot of who I am today. It was very real, unlike a lot of things in this world, and it was intense in the best and worst ways. I guess that’s sometimes what happens when you allow yourself to love deeply.
For a long time after it ended, I felt guilty about not being able to make it work but as time passed, and perspectives changed, I started to see that things weren’t so black and white. In my head I had been subconsciously blaming myself for a long time…but was it really all my fault?
Writing these songs really helped me move on. The first few days i was in LA to write this album, i was really struggling to come up with anything that felt right to me musically. MY FAULT ended up being the first song I wrote for bb u ok? that I felt passionate about, and in a lot of ways it’s the song that really kicked off the album.”
Fronted by his guitar loops and electronic vocals, “black and white” opens with a delicate and bedroom pop style fragility before slipping into a synth-house drop. The animated music video adds to the surreal vibe of the track and its melancholic energy.
In contrast, “MY FAULT” strips back to a simple guitar and vocal melody, borrowing notes from Rivers Cuomo as San Holo gradually brings in a wall of synthesizers and punchy distortion to contrast the ballad. Genre and style teeter back and forth, working as a tool to create momentum and emotion as “MY FAULT” leads into a grand finale similar to Worlds-era Porter Robinson.
Watch the music video for “black and white” below, and check out the rest of previously released singles just past.
