ELIZABETH SHARES NEW SINGLE + VIDEO 'SWEET CONNECTION'

Beloved patron saint of sad girls Elizabeth today shares her new single ‘Sweet Connection’, the second instalment of her three-part Suite of Singles, released through Our Golden Friend/AntiFragile Music. ‘Sweet Connection’ was co-written and produced by Alice Ivy with accompanying visuals directed by Nick McKk. 

~ LISTEN/WATCH 'SWEET CONNECTION' HERE ~

Where the Suite’s opener ‘Happier Now’ was all about finding steady ground after heartbreak, ‘Sweet Connection’ steps into a world of how a series of short, intense relationships can be a window to the next chapter. Having always alluded to sex and sexuality in her music, ‘Sweet Connection’ is her most overtly so; Elizabeth refers to is as her “sexiest song so far.” She adds, “Sweet Connection is about the thrill of being with new people, finding out what lays beyond what you already know. This song is fun, it’s staying up all night with someone beautiful, it’s the electricity of not knowing what’s coming next.”

‘Sweet Connection’ was co-written and produced by Alice Ivy, who previously remixed Elizabeth’s 2019 single ‘parties’. Together they created a sticky-sweet, late night track that can soothe the most tender of hearts. On the collaboration, Alice Ivy shares, “Working with Elizabeth was a dream, Sweet Connection is the perfect wholesome little pop banga! I had so much fun experimenting with different sounds on this one. Liz has the most angelic voice, and she's such an incredible songwriter. It was an honour to share the studio space with her."

The accompanying visuals for ‘Sweet Connection’ shows a doppelgänger of Elizabeth’s auditioning for people to be her lover; an analogy for the shadow self and finding yourself through meeting other people. The visuals were created by acclaimed director Nick Mckk (Julia Jacklin, Stella Donnelly, Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever), a friend-turned-collaborator who brings Elizabeth’s suite of singles to life through a visual narrative that spans the three songs. On the video Nick Mckk shares, “Liz and I loved the idea of creating a 'Sweet Connection' many times over. By creating a makeshift audition room, we could really hone in on the performative subtleties of characters given the same lines and cues."

Elizabeth’s Suite of Singles are three, interconnected singles and accompanying visuals that expand and complicate her richly alluring world, serving as the perfect introduction to the Elizabeth of 2022. The first single from the Suite 'Happier Now' was added to FBi Radio, MTV Australia and rage, received airplay on triple j, Unearthed, Double J, RRR and 4ZZZ, with NME Australia, Notion, The Music, Music Feeds and more all singing its praises. The lyrical motifs of her debut album The Wonderful World of Nature (2019) are recast in neon on the Suite, their old prismatic glow replaced by a dangerous, alluring coolness. Unlike Elizabeth’s protagonists past, though, the main character in the Suite of Singles is marked by her defiance and resilience; her refusal to backslide as she’s pulled into an ex-partner’s web, her determination to figure out what it is she wants from another person.

Elizabeth captures the reckless thrill of romance like no other. On The Wonderful World of Nature, she stepped away from a messy divorce like a world-weary heroine pulling herself from the wreckage of a car crash: broken glass shining like glitter, bloodstains smearing like blush. Contrasting lush dreampop haze with visceral, disarmingly truthful lyricism, it was a pop record out of time - glamorous and tragic, ultra modern and undeniably timeless, a queer answer to nihilistic, powerfully feminine pop heroes like Lana Del Rey and Lorde. Capturing hearts and minds of media and fans across the globe, the record saw widespread acclaim from The Saturday Paper, FADER, Wonderland, frankie, Pilerats, The Music and Tone Deaf, amongst others, and was included in Album of the Year lists across The Guardian, The Saturday Paper and the Herald Sun.