Lou Val’s Clementine:

Bitter Endings and Sweet Beginnings

Music has a way of being an energy inductor, infiltrating the environments and emotions we experience and bringing them to life. Lou Val, the Tornoto-based singer/songwriter, is chasing after that energy and delivering it directly to us with his newest single, Clementine. An ode to the bittersweetness that comes with growth and change, Clementine captures the warmth of the summer with Lou’s honest lyrics and extraterrestrial synths.

In this swaying ballad, Lou Val introduces a life-lesson, with his slow wind up of synths and the stacking of a groovy, alluring beat. Lou Val’s signature, soothing vocals take over the wave of music he has enticed us into and echo an important understanding: as he heads into the constantly expanding world of his artistry, Lou’s perspective, too, is expanding. The bittersweetness he associates with people and places is a reflection of the real world, and centralizes on the importance of his role as an artist to communicate these realities. In Clementine, Lou Val is expressing the complexity of his musicality while decorating it with a message that we may all relate to. Encouraging growth and the acceptance of change, Lou Val’s Clementine intertwines emotions with sound and finds a way to seep into the deepest grooves of our ears and the darkest corners of our emotions.

Lou Val is repaving his way in the music world in conjunction with the expansion of his psyche. Coming off the high of his deluxe EP release of Goûter+ earlier this year, Clementine is the first single-release that may be a taste of Lou Val’s forthcoming debut album.

Clementine further unfolds the story of the young, Nigerian-born artist, showing the duality of his eccentric sounds with the more serious undertone of his lyrics. Excelling at capturing emotion in words and reflecting them with a precise pairing of instrumentals, Lou Val is a multi-talented artist with no fear of testing his artistic boundaries. Continuing on this journey as an independent artist, Lou Val is facing, head on, the intricacies of musicianship while staying true to himself on the tumultuous path of his artistic and independent pursuits.

Clementine releases on all major streaming platforms on August 11. Marking bitter ends and sweet beginnings, Lou Val’s single is a promising anthem for the musical endeavors that lie ahead.

Written by Amy Moore