Melbourne producer UNO Stereo has teamed with rising alt-R&B star Amindi for “TEXT,” a 2020 take on the classic unrequited love song centered on that frustrating moment when they haven’t texted back.
“TEXT” unfurls over a breezy, mellow beat crafted by UNO, inspired by classic records from Pete Rock & CL Smooth, A Tribe Called Quest, and Guru’s Jazzamatazseries. Adding to lyrics like “I won’t say I miss you, even though its facts / Cuz I got all these issues, and you won’t text me back,” the video for “TEXT” finds Amindi slipping into the inter-dimensional ether as she holds her phone under the covers, waiting on a text back from a lost lover. Fader calls it a “striking, modern take on unrequited love ballads.”
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