Touch the Sun (song)

"Touch the Sun" is a single from Kero Kero Bonito vocalist Sarah Midori Perry's solo project Cryalot, released 27 July 2022 by AWAL. The song is the second single from Cryalot's upcoming debut EP Icarus, and like the lead single "Hell Is Here", it was co-written by Perry and producer Jennifer Walton. "Touch the Sun" was released alongside a music video directed by Perry.[1][2]

"Touch the Sun"
A photo of the artist lying on the ground reaching up with tree branches draped over her.
Single by Cryalot
from the EP Icarus
Released27 July 2022
GenreHyperpop
Length4:38
LabelAWAL
Songwriter(s)Sarah Midori Perry, Jennifer Walton
Producer(s)Jennifer Walton
Cryalot singles chronology
"Hell Is Here"
(2022)		 "Touch the Sun"
(2022)		 "Labyrinth"
(2022)
Music video
Touch the Sun on YouTube

Style

Per BroadwayWorld's Michael Major, "Touch the Sun" is "a colorful, ethereal track pinned down by absorbing hyper-pop electronics and delicate vocals" which "crystallizes the intense dichotomy that exists within the Cryalot universe with the trippy self-directed accompanying visuals providing further stark contrast to striking debut single "Hell Is Here"."[1] Stereogum's James Rettig called it "brighter and sweeter than its predecessor."[3] Rolling Stone's Selim Bulut called it a "flash of brightness" and a "cathartic release" amongst "all the EP's dark moments".[4]

Per Perry, "Touch the Sun" "is about the feeling of being invincible and the unshakable belief that you can overcome any difficulties" and "depicts the beginning of the Icarus story; celebrating the courage when he decides to take flight, the excitement of breaking free and knowing that leap of faith is worth all the risks."[3][5][6]

References
  1. Major, Michael (27 July 2022). "Cryalot (Kero Kero Bonito's Sarah Bonito) Shares New Single "Touch the Sun"". BroadwayWorld. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  2. "36 New Songs Out Today". BrooklynVegan. 27 July 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  3. Rettig, James (27 July 2022). "Cryalot - "Touch the Sun"". Stereogum. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  4. Bulut, Selim (4 July 2022). "Get to know Cryalot, a new solo project from Kero Kero Bonito's Sarah Bonito". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
  5. Kenneally, Cerys (28 July 2022). "Cryalot unveils new single "Touch the Sun"". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  6. Pappis, Konstantinos (27 July 2022). "Cryalot (Kero Kero Bonito's Sarah Midori Perry) Unveils New Single "Touch the Sun"". Our Culture. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
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