Actress and indie pop songstress Maya Hawke has returned with a new music video for the track “Dark.” The song will appear on her forthcoming record, Chaos Angel, due May 31. This stunning offering is preceded by “Missing Out,” which launched the era of Hawke‘s third record. You can pre-save or pre-order the record here.
Now, the “Dark” music video is introduced with a moment of spoken word, in a black-and-white world. Hawke then stabs her head with a pencil, unlocking a colorful universe tinged with red and yellow in a lush forest. Sonically, Hawke encompasses warm indie-folk strums, sentimental and soft vocals, and a purely bittersweet narrative. Check out the full music video for “Dark” below.
Chaos Angel Tracklist:
1. Black Ice
2. Dark
3. Missing Out
4. Wrong Again
5. Okay
6. Better
7. Big Idea
8. Hang In There
9. Promise
10. Chaos Angel
“Dark” Lyrics:
I don’t want to cry in your T-shirt ever again
My anger was a compliment
I like how your brain works
Magical thinkers trying to be friends
Tried to let you forget me but
My Celtic cross was heavy
When it hit your fucking teeth
I’m sorry you felt undermined
Now I’m trying to make a racket
In the back of your mind
I try to wait the night out
Try to keep the light out
We’ve only the moon left to outsmart
But we cannot want our way out of the dark
I’ve got agency
But imagine me
Laying naked in your into lap
Before a gathering of screaming fans
I’m your guitar
Mute me gently
With the palm of your hand
So self-conscious
Awareness was the catalyst
I’m scared
I close my eyes and picture this
Summer corn a tea tree toothpick
A new song that makes you wanna make music
We try to wait the night out
Try to keep the light out
We’ve only the moon left to outsmart
But we cannot want our way out of the dark
I imagine you
Back in the cocoon
I know you miss your mommy
You can change your name
I know you didn’t get to do
Everything you wanted to
You leave your body
Just one more ice cream scoop out of your brain
Pink matter dark matter glass shattered corporate ladder
Cake batter splatter paint patron Saint
All this pain
We try to wait the night out
Try to keep the light out
We’ve only the moon left to outsmart
But we cannot want our way out of the dark
