Belgian artist and songwriter Yves Paquet returns with a whole new sound and the release of his new single "25-28" on July 16th, along with a distinct music video. The song was produced by London-based producer Ant Whiting (MIA, John Newman, Ella Eyre, Becky Hill, and more recently Blanche).
Yves Paquet has kept a low profile since unleashing his German infused hit “UFO” with The Subs late 2018. He’s been experimenting with new soundscapes since, listening to 80s-90s music (The Police, Genesis, Semisonic, New Radicals ...) and finding his own artistic identity. "I had to hold still for a moment and really feel what kind of music I wanted to write” the Brazil-born artist says. “I went back to the albums that I've heard in my father's room and mixed those sounds with my love for pop music."
“25-28” is the first new music by Yves Paquet in 2020 and marks the introduction to his own unique sound, over a year in the making: an organic sound inspired by, but at the same time reinventing, 90s alternative pop.
"She wasn't ready for the love that I gave", Yves croons on "25-28" over Ant Whiting's airy production. Regarding the lyrics, he explains: “I grew up in a village on the countryside, like many villages in Belgium. The song is kind of a Mrs. Robinson story about how (mostly) your first summer fling in your small home town or village isn’t the big love of your life. It's not the end of the world but at that time it feels like that. I wanted to capture the sound of a summer in my youth.”
"25-28" is a bonafide summer song with hooks aplenty.
The video, directed by French visual artist and motion designer Jules Guérin, sets Yves in a dreamy summer vibes aesthetic, traveling through landscapes of colors, shapes and textures.
Watch the official video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkWVEmMvjI0