New York Singer-Songwriter Mae Krell Works Through A Friend-Break Up On New Single “rest stop”

New York-based singer-songwriter Mae Krell has shared their new single “rest stop” and the accompanying lyric video. Written after a painful end to a friendship, “rest stop” is filled with passion and emotional rawness that is brought out by the lush instrumentation and sincere vocal performance from Krell, as they sing: “I’ve been much worse than this / am I not yours unless I’m sick? / was I better to be around / when you had to pull me out?”

The compounding emotions came to a climax after Mae’s car broke down in a trucking area of a rest stop. “I was sad and still processing a really painful friend breakup and just overall not in a great place,” Mae says. “In writing ‘rest stop,’ I was learning that sometimes getting healthier and becoming more independent can end in a loss of a relationship. And, as this specific friendship ended, I started to realize that maybe it wasn’t as good for me as I thought it was.”

Adding to the diary-like narrative and songwriting, the accompanying music video has Krell returning to the aforementioned truck stop, pulling in the New York state skyline to give it a warm, yet melancholic feel.

Watch below:

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