Death by Selfie – Vampire

Synth pop with bite and punch

When a song grabs me imme­di­ately, it's often because of its energy – and that's exactly what “Vampire” by Death by Selfie deliv­ers. This power­ful synth pop track from France is a prime example of how mod­ern sound and nos­tal­gic ele­ments can blend per­fectly. The beat has an impress­ive pres­ence that not only drives the song for­ward, but also con­veys a cer­tain urgency. It's as if the song is set­ting an inner con­flict to music – in line with the lyr­ic­al con­tent, which tells of tox­ic rela­tion­ships and emo­tion­al abysses. In par­tic­u­lar, the line “You wanna help but it's like a curse” gets stuck in my head and under­lines the track's gloomy atmo­sphere.

What inspires me the most per­son­ally are the syn­thes­izer sounds. They have a clear hand­writ­ing and sound abso­lutely unique to me – not a gen­er­ic retro storm, but a mod­ern inter­pret­a­tion of the genre. The effects are used pre­cisely and give the song an addi­tion­al depth that I miss in many oth­er synth pop pro­duc­tions. The warm, calm vocals provide an excit­ing con­trast: they some­how calm me and at the same time cre­ate space for the intense breaks.

Another high­light for me is the cov­er art­work. It com­bines the style of 80s pop art with mod­ern illus­tra­tions in a fas­cin­at­ing way, form­ing an artist­ic bridge between the past and the present – just like the song itself. The visu­al concept enhances the effect of the track and makes it a com­plete work of art.

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Lyrics of "Death by Selfie – Vampire"

You say you know how it really works.
You says you know why it really hurts.
You say you know who I really am.
And that you know it all and you feel the same.

But don't you know I feel you?
Don't you know I fear you?

And now you've got what you wanted…

You wanna help but it's like a curse.
When you do me good it just makes it worse.

You're a vampire.