Saint Loreto

Christian Sean returns with Saint Loreto, his stunning new single out now on Bonsound. Bouncy, breathless, the track is a jubilant, blown-out banger with a hard analog feel, borrowing as much from early techno as it does from vintage R&B.

The artist says: I was reading Kelefa Sanneh’s book Major Labels: A History of Popular Music, and thinking a lot about the nature of pop, about how it didn’t really exist as its own genre until the 1980s, when it was pioneered by a handful of artists and producers using synthesizers and primitive drum machines. I wanted to pay respect to that organic electronic approach in the studio, and make my own version of a pure pop song with an updated vision.

Lyrically, the song explores the climb out of isolation and into human connectedness. It’s about how the comfort of too much solitude will leave you stunted. There’s this yearning to show oneself and be truly seen by another in the lyrics.