Mothica Bids Farewell to the Intoxicated Party Lifestyle on “Hungover”

Mothica1_sm — Mothica, photo courtesy the artist

Mothica’s new electronic pop single “Hungover” flows with vibrant tones and melodies laid out in pulses of thought and contemplation. Like a map of how songwriter McKenzie Ellis came to realize she was caught up in a cycle of self-destruction and undermining her ability to gauge what really mattered to her not to mention how to achieve anything worthwhile. It’s a rare person who in the throes of the culture of intoxication and romanticizing that lifestyle who can step back and see things for how they are and to decide to walk away before hitting the absolute bottom even with help and support. Many don’t walk away even then. But it’s not a song of judgment, but of couplets of her own illumination of the dark places of her own psyche. Ellis sings of making friends with her nightmares, fake friends and cheap gin, being a danger to herself and how should could let herself think being in that place was viable much less sustainable but now she sings goodbye to that life singing “I’ll pour one for everyone I’ve been.” In saying goodbye to the comedown of those dubious highs, Ellis welcomes a new chapter in her life with introspective decisiveness. Watch the video for “Hungover” on YouTube and follow Mothica at the links below.