BRATTY Delivers an Ode to Those Suffering From Seasonal Summer Depression in "Agosto"
Photo: Krishna Valdez
Alongside the announcement of her fall-slated album TR3S, Mexican singer-songwriter BRATTY gifts the world an unguarded, nostalgic, and soul-bearing look into her waning emotions on the indie-rock track “Agosto.”
The self-taught multi-instrumentalist has had a whirlwind of a year, making her US debut at Coachella and earning widespread critical acclaim. Yet, her well-owed success does not come at the expense of experiencing those big coming-of-age emotions that knock us off our footing until we wobble into our next iteration of self.
Seasonal depression is a looming threat to many of us, seemingly eclipsed by the sublimity of summer until the dawn of a dark winter. For the songstress, however, the dance has always been a bit backward. “I know most people tend to experience seasonal depression in the winter, but for me, it always happens in summer,” BRATTY shares. “My birthday is in August and I always get overwhelmed by that feeling of another year passing by, and it makes me so nostalgic.”
“Agosto” certainly doesn’t stray from BRATTY’s signature storytelling, guitar-riffing formula, positioning itself as a surf-rock track that anyone in a transitional point of their lives can find themselves in. The song’s accompanying video showcases BRATTY in a claustrophobic version of her childhood bedroom, dizzy by the speed of time and paralyzed with fear of stagnancy. As our childhoods drift further away into our memories, the distance catalyzes reflection, whether welcome or not, on who we’ve eventually arrived as.
Named after her lucky number, as well as nodding to the fact that it’s her third full-length project, BRATTY promises TR3S to be an honest look at where her journey has taken her and every anxiety, insecurity, and infatuation she’s felt along the way. “With my last record, I overthought everything: what I was going to write about, how to express it in a way that people could relate to and identify with. This time I just wanted to get back to doing what felt right, like I did when I first started this project.”
Watch the "Agosto" video below:
