Photo by Cate Le Bon.
Cate Le Bon has always been an introspective songwriter. Her astute self-exploration is what allows each facet of her work — which she tends to handle with little assistance from start to finish — to feel so emphatically her own. On "Remembering Me," the Welsh multi-hyphenate takes her navel gazing to the next level, examining her urge to self-examine. In Le Bon's words, it's "a neurotic diary entry that questions notions of legacy and warped sentimentalism in the desperate need to self-mythologize.”
The new song is the third and final single preceding the release of her sixth studio LP, Pompeii, out February 4 on Mexican Summer. It comes with a simple, stylish video from Juliana and Nicola Giraffe, who also handled the visual treatment for November's "Moderation." Lead single "Running Away" accompanied the album's October announcement.
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"Remembering Me" rests on a cool, self-assured groove, and Le Bon's vocals are as languid and gorgeous as ever. Lyrically, though, she's laser-focused on a picturesque portrayal of her legacy: "In the remake of my life / I moved in straight lines / My hair was beautiful / My eyes were slow," she begins. But later, in the chorus, she worries about what won't be included in such a glossy final portrait: "Upset and out of touch, / Good grief you missed so much."
In the Giraffe-directed short, Le Bon switches between brightly colored robes against a solid background. Watch the video, and view her upcoming tour dates, below.
Cate Le Bon 2022 tour dates
2/6 - Woodstock, NY - Colony
2/8 - New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
2/9 - New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
2/11 - Toronto, ON - Great Hall
2/14 - Chicago, IL - Thalia Hall
2/16 - Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom
2/17 - Seattle, WA - Crocodile
2/19 - San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall
2/20 - San Luis Obispo, CA - The Rock / SLO Brew Music Hall
2/24 - Los Angeles, CA - Teragram Ballroom
2/26 - Pioneertown, CA - Pappy and Harriet’s *SOLD OUT*
3/14 - Southampton, UK - Engine Rooms
3/15 - London, UK - Hackney Empire
3/16 - Manchester, UK - Albert Hall
3/17 - Glasgow, UK - Queen Margaret Union
3/18 - Belfast, IE - Empire Music Hall
3/19 - Dublin, IE - The National Concert Hall
3/21 - Liverpool, UK - Arts Club
3/22 - Leeds, UK - Irish Centre
3/23 - Birmingham, UK - The Mill
3/28 - Lille, FR - L’Aeronef
3/29 - Paris, FR - La Maroquinerie
3/31 - Lyon, FR - Epicerie Moderne
4/1 - Zurich, CH - Bogen F
4/2 - Schorndorf, DE - Manufaktur
4/3 - Leipzig, DE - UT Connewitz
4/5 - Berlin, DE - Frannz Club
4/6 - Hamburg, DE - Nochtspeicher
4/7 - Hus 7 / Slaktkyrkan - Stockholm, SE
4/8 - Oslo, NO - Parkteatre
4/9 - Copenhagen, DK - Small Vega
4/11 - Brussels, BE - AB Box
4/12 - Amsterdam, NL - Paradiso
