Listen to The Japanese House’s new country-inspired single: ‘:)’

The Japanese house has shared a new country-inspired single ‘:)’ (pronounced ‘Smiley Face’) – check it out below.

Described in a press release as an “ode to happiness,” the brilliant country-pop track follows the artist’s recent sophomore album “In The End It Always Does” and tells the story of his current relationship and life. the effect it had – “Something is happening/I feel happier/I might lose my mind” she sings in the chorus.

“’Smiley Face’ is a song I wrote when I was really excited about talking to someone on a dating app,” the artist (real name Amber Bain) said. . “She lived in Detroit and I dreamed of flying to meet her. I was in session at the time for someone else’s stuff but I couldn’t stop this song from coming out of me, I was in some sort of frenzy. Turns out I bought the plane tickets, now we’re engaged.

Bain co-produced the song alongside George Daniel of Dirty Hit labelmates The 1975. She also opened for them on their “Still…At Their Very Best” tour earlier this year.

Check out ‘:)’ below:

Bain is currently in the middle of a US tour and is also set to headline Festival Republic in Reading and Leeds in August.

In our four-star review of his latest album, NME said: “If Bain’s lyrics are ready to pull you in one direction on ‘In The End It Always Does,’ his voice and instruments pull you in the other direction – it’s disorienting, dizzying and completely intoxicating. If there’s one thing that Japanese House’s second album reaffirms, it’s that the artist never abandons herself, no less than herself, to the process.