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This booming title track is a transition into a more synth-heavy sound from the guitar-driven 2018 record Lush. Starting off with eerie sci-fi synths, it builds up to a phenomenal chorus, written in the studio.
In the Pitchfork interview, Lindsey revealed:
"The song “Valentine” used to be called “Adore You,” but then I came up with that chorus—“Why’d you wanna erase me, darling valentine?”—and I knew the record would be called Valentine. I was like, “Oh, that’s heartbreaking, that’s so Snail Mail.”
The song’s demo was originally titled “Adore You,” which Jordan described in an episode of NPR’s “All Songs Considered” podcast as “super emotional and slow,” and lacking the chorus of the final version.
Lindsey Jordan:
"I was shopping around ideas for the record long before there was one, just wanting to put a title to the thing to maybe give it a start—like if there’s just an overarching vibe, then I can start to make things. It’s such a heartbreaking thing, referring to someone as your valentine in a love-lost type of way, because I just think there’s nothing more tender and innocent. I just think the hurt there is pretty relatable, and when I came up with ‘darling, valentine’, it kicked me in the guts in a way that felt right for the entire thing. I just knew immediately that the record was going to be called Valentine."
—via Apple Music
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