Fanatic Promotion: Alex Lilly’s new slightly shady single “Amuse Me” is amusing itself, but actually about “being with someone who did not amuse me at all.”

“Love In Three Colors” three-song bundle by “awesome” (FADER), “genuine” (FLOOD), “spellbinding” (LA Weekly) musician, out July 31^st.

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Alex Lilly as photographed by Melissa Lilly

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Alex Lilly – In The Press

“Alex Lilly’s songs keep their cool.” — The New York Times

“Alex Lilly is the genuine article.” — FLOOD

“Pretty freaking awesome.” — FADER

“Alex Lilly is spellbinding. Album of The Week” — LA Weekly

“Alex Lilly steps into the spotlight.” — Flaunt

“Three-minute modern art pieces.” — Buzzbands LA

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Hear “Amuse Me,” the new single by Alex Lilly at MXDWN or at the link below.

“I had fun writing ‘Amuse Me,’ says Alex Lilly. The music came and at the same time I’d been working on a poem and they just worked together. I had that title idea bouncing around for a while because years ago I’d met a stripper who described her first car to me – a bright yellow convertible with a personalized license plate that said ‘AMUSEME.’ That always stuck in my head.”

[STREAM]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RV9ab3NasvI

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Alex Lilly

“Love In Three Colors”

July 31^st, 2020

(Release Me Records)

Track Listing:

01. Amuse Me (STREAM)

02. Terrible Person

03. Aquamarine

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Alex Lilly – About

“My mom says every time I return to good spirits that the bitch is back,’” says Alex Lilly of her mother, who recently captured a photo of her daughter’s bitchy backness out in the yard, sniffing a rose, and cradling her Casio digital guitar. The photo accompanies the release of “Love In Three Colors,” a new three-song bundle by Alex Lilly, out July 31^st from Release Me Records.

Lilly describes the new songs as “a trilogy chronicling a relationship’s disintegration, aftermath, and the sunny side of being free of it,” but don’t be fooled into thinking you’re about to hear a “woe is me” breakup meditation. In fact, it can get a bit chilly in here.

Witty make me giddy / Sarcasm make me orgasm / For that pearl to occur / You gotta put some salt in the oyster

The spoken word bit at the conclusion of the “Love In Three Colors” single “Amuse Me” contains this little piece of advice to a lover, or as the case may be, former lover. “‘Amuse Me’ might be amusing and light, but in reality it’s about being with someone who did not amuse me at all,” Lilly reveals.

Moving on from the un-amusing man of “Amuse Me,” Lilly contemplates the guilty party in the failed relationship on “Terrible Person,” channeling Bjork in the process.

“I came home one night drunk and angry, thinking about how my ex had screwed me over,” Lilly says about the song’s inspiration. “I was looking back and tossing the blame around until I got exhausted. But then I realized that I sucked too, and I couldn’t decide who sucked more, so I wrote this song to help me decide.”

“Love In Three Colors” closes with “Aquamarine,” which is actually the first song Lilly wrote for this release and also helped her get out of a dark period of time in her life.

Professionally, things were great. Lilly’s debut album 2% Milk had received critical praise throughout 2019, and a song co-written by Lilly – “I Like Girls” – helped jazz singer Samantha Sidley’s debut album get recognized as one of the year’s best albums by the Los Angeles Times.

Even with the pandemic, Lilly was sharing her humor, notably by writing hilarious jingles for pets and humans along with a new tune “Goodbye Reckless Things,” in which she humorously lamented no longer being able to borrow “her dance studio’s filthy yoga mat.”

But, personally, Lilly realized that she’d been depressed for months and decided to take a break from drinking because it was just making things worse. “After writing ‘Aquamarine,’ colors were more vivid,” Lilly says. “It might be the only song I’ve ever written that comes from a place of unadulterated joy.”

“Love In Three Colors,” the new three-song bundle from Alex Lilly is out on Release Me Records on July 31^st, preceded by the single “Amuse Me” on July 3^rd. Alex Lilly is available for interviews. Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic for more information.

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See the music video for “2% Milk” by Alex Lilly at Billboard or at the link below.

“Watching the synchronized swimmers was fascinating,” Alex Lilly says of being on the “2% Milk” set. “The dancers are able to keep time while under water, and they have a massive vocabulary of moves that have been passed down through the long history of synchronized swimming.”

[VIDEO]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xxb_iOsbAUE

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Alex Lilly

2% Milk

Out Now

(Release Me Records)

Streaming Link:

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