Beabadoobee was already a big star before this year — she wouldn't be booked in arenas and amphitheaters otherwise — but the singles from next month's Pylon have suggested a leveling up. After whetting our appetites with the swooning non-album teaser "All I Did Was Dream Of You," Beatrice Laus gave us the raucous pop-rocker "Sun Has Set" and the sumptuous trip-hop slow jam "Switchblade." Now comes "Memories," a dreamy rocker that manages to move with brisk momentum despite its many layers of beauty. "The smell of rain on the pavement/ It's 3 a.m. and I thought of you," she sings, before pleading, "Just stay a little while."
Laus calls this "one of the happiest songs on the album" but also one about the dangers of getting locked into a nostalgia spiral, "clinging onto ideas that should make me happy but actually make me feel sad, because I wish they were just moments I lived in forever." Listen below.
Pylon is out 9/18 on Dirty Hit/Interscope. Pre-order it here. Beabadoobee also just announced as part of Spotify's Hometown concert series; she'll play a London gig at a secret venue on 9/17, the day before the album drops.
