CHVRCHES are back with a new track called “He Said She Said.”
The Scotland trio shared the new material almost two years after they released their third studio album Love Is Dead. CHVRCHES began teasing the track about a week ago with some cryptic messaging on their social media. Turns out they were teasing the lyrics to the new single.
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— CHVRCHES (@CHVRCHES) April 17, 2021
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— CHVRCHES (@CHVRCHES) April 15, 2021
“He Said She Said” was written by the band during quarantine while they resided in different parts of the world. Frontwoman Lauren Mayberry and Martin Doherty were in Los Angeles and Iain Cook remained in Glasgow, Scotland. Writing songs together while apart meant counting on video calls digital audio files.
Mayberry said in a statement that the new single talks about the expectations of a woman, and how “confusing” and “exhausting” that can be. “‘He Said She Said’ is my way of reckoning with things I’ve accepted that I know I shouldn’t have. Things I pretended weren’t damaging to me. It was the first song we wrote when we started back up, and the opening line (“He said, You bore me to death”) was the first lyric that came out.”
The artist said the verse lines they included in the track are actual encounters she’s had with men throughout her life.
“Being a woman is fucking exhausting and it felt better to scream it into a pop song than scream it into the void. After the past year, I think we can all relate to feeling like we’re losing our minds.”
Hear “He Said She Said” below.
CHVRCHES – He Said She Said (Audio)
