Fletcher Shares Official Video For New Single “Pretending” Today
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Soul-Baring New Album In Search Of The Antidote Out Now
Today FLETCHER premieres the official video for her new single “Pretending” from her new album In Search Of The Antidote out now. View the video, directed by Carissa Gallo Here, and listen to the album Here.
A shining example of the album’s layered emotionality, “Pretending” channels intense longing, bittersweet frustration, and absolute surrender all in the very same breath. Inspired by early 2000s pop-rock icons like Avril Lavigne, Michelle Branch, and Kelly Clarkson, the single spotlights her powerful vocal performance over gorgeously jagged guitar tones. FLETCHER’s voice slips from tender to soulful as she speaks to the exquisite ache in attempting to hide your feelings from the one you desire.
“I don’t know if it’s because I’m a Pisces, but I can meet a beautiful person in a coffee shop and suddenly start asking myself, ‘What would my life look like with you?’” says FLETCHER. “‘Pretending’ is about having that person at the back of your mind who makes you keep wondering, ‘Is it going to be us that end up together one day?’”
In Search Of The Antidote – the second full-length from the acclaimed singer/songwriter brings FLETCHER’s guitar-driven pop and captivating voice to songs exploring impulse, ego, identity, and self-realization. Made in collaboration with GRAMMY®-winning producer/songwriter Jennifer Decilveo and with hitmakers like Aldae, Jon Bellion, Julia Michaels, Monsters & Strangerz, and Michael Pollack, In Search Of The Antidote has already earned praise from the likes of Rolling Stone, who hailed it as “full of raw emotion.” In a recent feature Rolling Stone also declared that “FLETCHER had established herself as one of pop’s most versatile stars. She can pen a heartbreak ballad or craft a raucous dance hit and have tens of thousands sing the words back at her.”
Along with “Pretending,” In Search Of The Antidote includes FLETCHER’s previously released
singles “Eras Of Us” (named a “Song You Need To Know” by Rolling Stone and featured on Billboard’s “10 Cool Pop Songs To Get You Through The Week”), “Lead Me On” (featured as the cover of New Music Daily on Apple Music), and “Doing Better” (an explosively fun track Apple Music’s Zane Lowe deemed his favorite from the album”).
Tickets are on sale for the US leg of global headlining In Search Of The Antidote Tour Here. See the full itinerary Here. Beginning on September 12 in Minneapolis, the US tour continues through October 9 at the iconic Greek Theatre in Los Angeles. Queer pop newcomer Maude Latour will support across all dates, Canadian rockers The Beaches will join FLETCHER at the legendary Radio City Music Hall in New York City on September 21, and rising popstar Slater will grace the bill at the Greek Theatre.
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About FLETCHER
Praised by leading outlets like Rolling Stone, TIME, Interview Magazine, and more, acclaimed singer-songwriter FLETCHER hails from Asbury Park, New Jersey, where she cultivated her passion for music and her unforgettably candid storytelling. In 2019 she released her widely lauded debut EP You Ruined New York City for Me, featuring her breakthrough hit “Undrunk” , a track that spent several weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, scored the No.1 spot on Spotify’s Viral Chart, and emerged as the fastest-rising song at pop radio from a new artist in the past five years. Released in September 2020, FLETCHER’s EP THE S(EX) TAPES hit No. 1 on iTunes across all genres and included the hit single “Bitter,” which has amassed over 200 million global streams. FLETCHER’s debut album Girl Of My Dreams arrived in September 2022 and delivered the smash single “Becky’s So Hot,” which hit No. 3 on the iTunes chart across all genres and landed on Billboard’s Hot Rock and Alternative Songs chart. The album earned raves from the likes of Rolling Stone, Billboard, Alternative Press, Vulture, and many others while her music has surpassed two billion combined streams worldwide. In support of the LP, FLETCHER performed on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” and set out on sold-out headline tours across North America, Australia, and Europe with nearly 200K tickets sold to date. FLETCHER kicked off 2023 with an internet-breaking performance alongside Miley Cyrus on NBC’s “New Year’s Eve Party,” won the 2023 GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Music Artist and garnered nominations from the MTV Video Music Awards and MTV Europe Music Awards. A fast-rising cultural force, she also appeared as herself in the third season of The L Word: Generation Q on Showtime, launched her own “FLETCHER & Friends” festival in her hometown of Asbury Park, and raised over $200K for GLAAD as part of her hugely popular Meet Her At The Bar: Pride Month Experience , a series of pop-ups in support of women-owned queer bars across America. FLETCHER kicks off her global headline tour of the UK, Europe, and Australia this spring and her sophomore album In Search Of The Antidote is out now via Capitol Records.
