New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Softee (the stage name of actress and rising DIY pop creator Nina Grollman, she/they) is ready to get you high with her fittingly titled new track "
Molly". Her first release after signing with City Slang Records earlier this year, "
Molly" is an immediately addictive listen (with an intoxicating trumpet outro) and is the first taste of her new forthcoming project (more details to come). Today's release follows a handful of incredible performances over the past month in New York, DC, Chicago, and Milwaukee.
A sexy swirling ode to a serotonin-pumping first date (inspired by a very real date she had with her now fiance where they turned her apartment into their own private danceclub), "
Molly" is a playful yet powerful statement from an artist already breaking the indie pop mold.
The video, directed by Machel Ross (Softee's fiancé), is a recreation of that electric first date.
"Molly was inspired by one of the first dates I had with my fiancé," Softee tells of the story behind the track and video. "We took molly and transformed the apartment I was staying in into a dance floor. We cleared the furniture, got speakers and a disco ball, and dressed to the nines. It was one of the best nights of my life and I had to write a song about it. When it came time to film the video, my fiancé (who also directed the video), pitched that we replicate that night. I love that the visuals for this single are a psychedelic version of the actual experience we had."
With past praise from Rolling Stone and drawing comparisons from Billboard to "the brooding synth-pop of artists like
Clairo or Beabadobee," Softee is one the freshest, artistic voices coming out on the Brooklyn DIY pop scene. Much more to come.
Softee's take on getting through life is poetically summed up by her own words: "feeling the anxiety but sort of dancing wildly through it." Nina Grollman's moniker, Softee, isn't just a sardonic nod to the thrifty, soft-serve giant; it's an earnest — sometimes painfully so — descriptor of the Brooklyn based artist's approach to love and music. Her work is a kaleidoscopic exploration of wrought emotion, tinged with influences as sundry as Robyn,
Janet Jackson, and the pure, unfettered melodrama of 80s pop. But whether she's wrestling through a heartbreak, or making sense of her sexuality, Softee weaves her anxiety and unrest into urgently joyful, angsty queer pop. Her song "Crush," featured on the 2022
Queer as Folk reboot, was described by Rolling Stone as "a swooning synth-pop gem that opens up at the bridge with a stream of strings that give the song a vintage disco feel, like glittery teardrops hitting the dance floor." Back in the day, the Moorhead, Minnesota-born artist remembers Fargo-esque winters in her makeshift bedroom studio: recording
Katy Perry covers and uploading them to Youtube, writing songs, and unleashing the emotional rhythm that would eventually lead her to experiment with loop pedals across New York City stages alongside
Linda Diaz, Sir Babygirl, Blaketheman1000 and
Francesca D'Uva
