Alana Monteiro shows she’s more than a model and a music industry force. The Massachusetts-born artist released her dreamy indie R&B single, “High,” and it’s already generating buzz. Outfitted with a head-spinning sound and dazzling music video, Monteiro guides its listeners through the ups and downs of a relationship with dizzying emotional peaks and troughs.
At its heart, “High” is about that all-consuming love that makes your head spin and your heart race. Monteiro portrays the girl as so infatuated, so deeply smitten, she floats in a haze of euphoria. But like any high, there’s a downside. What she’s feeling isn’t exactly healthy love. It’s addictively thrilling but ultimately toxic. Her friends recognize the red flags, but she’s too in it to hear. It’s a storyline many people can identify with, making the song not just a vibe but an experience.
“High” mixes Monteiro’s ethereal vocals with silky, ambient R&B production. The track has a hypnotic quality, pulling you in the way the love she describes does. It’s the correct ratio of sensual to melancholic, something you can dance to but tap into and feel deep in your soul. Monteiro realized her vision in an electrified music video shot in the streets of New York City’s SoHo and at Coney Island. The imagery dovetails beautifully with the fantasy of love and its reality. We watch Monteiro in a trance, locked in a lover’s embrace with her video boyfriend, as her friends attempt to pull her back down to earth. There’s an irony in its representation, jocular beats strung with the deeper reality that not all love is intended to endure.
What sets “High” apart is Monteiro’s talent for distilling a sensation that so many people feel but rarely express. It’s that tornado of a relationship that seems too good to be true because, at times, it is. With this release, Alana Monteiro is not simply making music but weaving tales that resonate.
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