Directed by: Zac Wolf Shot by: Russell Tandy Produced by: Zac Wolf & Russell Tandy Edited by: Zac Wolf
VFX by: Zac Wolf & Steven Wilson Production Manager: Eric Lodwick 1st AC: Chandler Desforges Key Grip : Eric Sanchez Steadicam: Red Scheffler 2nd AC: Nick Caiazza Production Assistant: Gabe Stout
Lyrics: I know that it can hurt sometimes I bet When all the words don't come out right It happens And maybe we can learn from times like this And they can be gone
I know that it can hurt sometimes I bet When all the words don't come out right It happens And maybe we can learn from times like this And they can be gone
It takes a little practice So close I almost had it I thought I was concise But it turns out I guess it's one of those nights Military tactics Like we're from two different atlases Inside the corners of your mind You've got your stories and I've got mine You're already perfect I'm already right With a little practice We'll be fine
I know that it can hurt sometimes I bet When all the words don't come out right It happens And maybe we can learn from times like this And they can be gone
I know that it can hurt sometimes I bet When all the words don't come out right It happens And maybe we can learn from times like this And they can be gone
Directed by: Zac Wolf Shot by: Russell Tandy Produced by: Zac Wolf & Russell Tandy Edited by: Zac Wolf
VFX by: Zac Wolf & Steven Wilson Production Manager: Eric Lodwick 1st AC: Chandler Desforges Key Grip : Eric Sanchez Steadicam: Red Scheffler 2nd AC: Nick Caiazza Production Assistant: Gabe Stout
Lyrics: I know that it can hurt sometimes I bet When all the words don't come out right It happens And maybe we can learn from times like this And they can be gone
I know that it can hurt sometimes I bet When all the words don't come out right It happens And maybe we can learn from times like this And they can be gone
It takes a little practice So close I almost had it I thought I was concise But it turns out I guess it's one of those nights Military tactics Like we're from two different atlases Inside the corners of your mind You've got your stories and I've got mine You're already perfect I'm already right With a little practice We'll be fine
I know that it can hurt sometimes I bet When all the words don't come out right It happens And maybe we can learn from times like this And they can be gone
I know that it can hurt sometimes I bet When all the words don't come out right It happens And maybe we can learn from times like this And they can be gone
http://vevo.ly/F3Spt9Chiiild - Bon Voyage (Live Performance) | VevoChiiild2023-03-22 | Chiiild - Bon Voyage. An exclusive live performance for Vevo.
Like an electro-soul version of a billion-year-old nebula, Chiiild’s discography is a floating web of ephemeral reverb trails. ‘Better Luck In The Next Life’ is the latest celestial body formed by the omnipotent hands of Yonatan Ayal, the project’s mastermind; and this sophomore album is - almost impossibly - his most vibed-out effort yet. Both 2020’s ‘Synthetic Soul’ EP (which earned mini cult fandom) and 2021’s ‘Hope For Sale’ (Chiiild’s proper debut LP) sounded as if they were manufactured on a weightless planet with gravity far weaker than Earth’s. But ‘Better Luck In The Next Life’ boldly steps into a hidden 4th dimension. Ayal calls it “a representation of what it means to take that leap of faith.” A stand-up bass transforms into an otherworldly instrument on “Surfing the Silver Linings.” The instrumental “Mile-End” is a soundtrack for a nighttime orbit through the hip Montreal neighborhood for which it’s named. If you’re reading this around release date, catch a show while the band is on its In the Next Life tour. If you can’t make it, we grabbed our telescopes and captured some luminescence in the studio - here’s “Bon Voyage.”
http://vevo.ly/xFEBI5Chiiild - Antidote (Live Performance) | VevoChiiild2023-03-15 | Chiiild - Antidote. An exclusive live performance for Vevo.
Like an electro-soul version of a billion-year-old nebula, Chiiild’s discography is a floating web of ephemeral reverb trails. ‘Better Luck In The Next Life’ is the latest celestial body formed by the omnipotent hands of Yonatan Ayal, the project’s mastermind; and this sophomore album is - almost impossibly - his most vibed-out effort yet. Both 2020’s ‘Synthetic Soul’ EP (which earned mini cult fandom) and 2021’s ‘Hope For Sale’ (Chiiild’s proper debut LP) sounded as if they were manufactured on a weightless planet with gravity far weaker than Earth’s. But ‘Better Luck In The Next Life’ boldly steps into a hidden 4th dimension. Ayal calls it “a representation of what it means to take that leap of faith.” A stand-up bass transforms into an otherworldly instrument on “Surfing the Silver Linings.” The instrumental “Mile-End” is a soundtrack for a nighttime orbit through the hip Montreal neighborhood for which it’s named. If you’re reading this around release date, catch a show while the band is on its In the Next Life tour. If you can’t make it, we grabbed our telescopes and captured some luminescence in the studio - here’s “Antidote.”
Lyrics Falling up, like the gravity’s out I’m in love and I can’t make it out I’ll follow you through the night ‘Till the sun comes back to life Like I’m holding on to this here forever
Since you’ve been around
You’ve got me hanging on the edge I’m down to dive into the deep Cause I’m high and way over my head Yeah I’m high and way over my head
You’ve got me swinging from the ceiling I’m down to dive into the deep end Cause I’m high and way over my head Yeah I’m high and way over my head
Ahhh, way over my head, ahhh
Tripping out Chasing forever after I’m in love and I’m free falling faster And I don’t want to sleep I want to keep thinking of us But when I under sleep I over think and fuck it up I hear all my friends are Saying I should come back down
Since you’ve been around
You’ve got me hanging on the edge I’m down to dive into the deep Cause I’m high and way over my head Yeah I’m high and way over my head
You’ve got me swinging from the ceiling I’m down to dive into the deep end Cause I’m high and way over my head Yeah I’m high and way over my head
Ahhh, way over my head, Ahhh, way over my head
#chiiild #parachute #blitnlChiiild - Hiding In Plain SightChiiild2023-03-03 | Stream / Purchase ‘Better Luck In The Next Life’ chiiild.lnk.to/blitnl
Lyrics I never gave you a reason to doubt me But you don’t know the first thing about me And if you had a lock to safekeep it I know that you’d hear me
If you offer me up a safe passage Then I could show you a map through my eyelids I’ve been running away To where my mind lays On an island
Oh
I’m living a lie on the surface But under the light I’m nervous So don’t read my mind I’m hiding in plain sight I’m hiding in plain sight I’m hiding in plain sight
I’ll take you places that you’ve never dreamed of Lay out the pieces for you to discover But if you try to read my mind You’ll be wrong every time Are you down? Are you down? Are you down?
I’m living a lie on the surface But under the light I’m nervous So don’t read my mind I’m hiding in plain sight
I’m living a lie on the surface But under the light I’m nervous So don’t read my mind I’m hiding in plain sight I’m hiding in plain sight I’m hiding in plain sight
Had an idea I should let go Of the noise that I follow Mind was boxed in It could stretch though From my street to Soweto
Cuz I know Pressure made this diamond life In the perfect timing right Pain that hit like violence
I don’t need no reminding
#chiiild #plainsight #blitnlChiiild - Better Luck In The Next LifeChiiild2023-03-03 | Stream / Purchase ‘Better Luck In The Next Life’ chiiild.lnk.to/blitnl
Lyrics Don’t you act like you are not afraid Everything will start to fade away I can ride out the night with you What did I get myself into?
I'm high on the surface I’m hanging on fine Times getting looser Where am I? Better luck in the next life Better luck in the next life Better luck in the next life Do you realize? Do you realize? Do you realize you’re home?
Better luck in the next life Next life Next life
I'm high on the surface I’m hanging on fine Times getting looser Where am I? Better luck in the next life Better luck in the next life Better luck in the next life Do you realize? Do you realize? Do you realize you’re home?
The album title means a lot of things to me, and this is part of that. It’s like there’s no going back.
And we’re just perpetuating stereotypes of people that people themselves didn’t really create systems to, you know?
We see there people, like, cause we’re all so many things. But we see it in people choosing the like 5% of them that their community is told is what makes them, them…in order to fit into what they’re…the box they’re told that they fit into.
Sometimes I feel like not everyone’s being authentic to who they truly are.
#chiiild #betterluck #blitnlChiiild - (Running Out Of) HallelujahsChiiild2023-03-03 | Stream / Purchase ‘Better Luck In The Next Life’ chiiild.lnk.to/blitnl
Lyrics I run a million miles an hour Just to crash into the distance I've traveled far and for convictions That were promised but were missing
It seems like nights like this Life comes at me it don’t quit You’re the storm you’re the wind The beginning and the end But I’m facing tides Over head
Can't kill my midnight disillusions It’s been a fight that I’ve been losing They say all things can happen through you But I’m running out of hallelujahs Running out of hallelujahs
In a moment’s notice I begin to lose my focus All the promises they made Gave me hope and led me astray But then I finally found my balance In your arms and on our island Gave me strength so I could fight it
It seems like nights like this Life comes at me It don’t quit You’re the storm you’re the wind The beginning and the end But I’m facing tides Over head
Can't kill my midnight disillusions It’s been a fight that I’ve been losing They say all things can happen through you But I’m running out of hallelujahs Running out of hallelujahs
Can't kill my midnight disillusions It’s been a fight that I’ve been losing They say all things can happen through you But I’m running out of hallelujahs Running out of hallelujahs
#chiiild #hallelujahs #blitnlChiiild - Surfing The Silver LiningsChiiild2023-03-03 | Stream / Purchase ‘Better Luck In The Next Life’ chiiild.lnk.to/blitnl
Lyrics Don’t fuck with my peace Don’t hurry my pace Don’t damper the mood when you see the sage burning Don’t pull me down by the roots when you see me levitating
Riding a high like this Surfing the silver linings Don’t fuck with my bliss Don’t fuck with my bliss
Riding a high like this Surfing the silver linings Don’t fuck with my bliss Don’t fuck with my
Pleasure Fuck the pain More kisses for Mary Jane Don’t need a reason to celebrate Live everyday like my birthday cause I’m
Riding a high like this Surfing the silver linings Don’t fuck with my bliss Don’t fuck with my bliss
Riding a high like this Surfing the silver linings Don’t fuck with my bliss Don’t fuck with my bliss
Riding a high like this Surfing the silver linings Don’t fuck with my bliss Don’t fuck with my bliss
Everything is going to be alright
#chiiild #silverlinings #blitnlChiiild - Into The Deep EndChiiild2023-03-03 | Stream / Purchase ‘Better Luck In The Next Life’ chiiild.lnk.to/blitnl
Lyrics How we on ten, ten, ten Swimming upstream into the deep end We were just friends, friends Now we’re crossing lines like we’re here to offend
Oh, days and nights I think about you, oh Now we’re here moments from our doom All the things, all the things we do, oh Captivated by your body and all the rest
Lying naked in our bed like we both just met Let your stresses hit the floor with your sundress Let your stresses hit the floor with your sundress, yeah Captivated by your body and all the rest Lying naked in our bed like we just met Let your stresses hit the floor with your sundress
We’re swimming upstream into the deep end (yeah, yeah) We’re swimming upstream into the deep end
It’s like you’re doing this on purpose You know that you coming ‘round’s making me nervous I’m at your service I heard that you’re doing well living your purpose I can’t stop myself, I’m off balance Riding the turbulence Nothing compares to you, no
Oh, days and nights I think about you, oh Now we’re here moments from our doom All the things, all the things we do, oh Captivated by your body and all the rest
Lying naked in our bed like we both just met Let your stresses hit the floor with your sundress Let your stresses hit the floor with your sundress (you’re mine) Captivated by your body and all the rest Lying naked in our bed like we both just met Let your stresses hit the floor with your sundress
We’re swimming upstream into the deep end (yeah, yeah) We’re swimming upstream into the deep end We’re swimming upstream into the deep end
#chiiild #deepend #blitnlChiiild - Mile-EndChiiild2023-03-03 | Stream / Purchase ‘Better Luck In The Next Life’ chiiild.lnk.to/blitnl
#chiiild #mileend #blitnlChiiild - Hell And High Water ft. Alina Baraz, Caitlyn ScarlettChiiild2023-03-03 | Stream / Purchase ‘Better Luck In The Next Life’ chiiild.lnk.to/blitnl
Lyrics My message in a bottle 6 meters from my eyelid Shout circle and all I could do is Watch over the horizon I’m hoping I wake up one day Hope I make it home to say I love you again
Should’ve never never never never left I never ever ever ever got to tell you I got a treasure for you But I never got to tell you where But I been waiting
And I know soon I'll be drowning Mr. Reaper Is standing in the distance tonight If you’re out there Tell them how I went through hell and high-water just to feel alive
I could feel him Mr. Reaper Dissecting my connection to land Hope they find me and talk about how I went through I went through hell and high-water just to feel alive
Come right up to my edges Waves spitting from within me And I couldn’t All I can do is Watch over the horizon Hold me close Take mercy on me Hope I make it home to say you’re perfect
I'll be drowning Mr. Reaper Is standing in the distance tonight If you’re out there Tell them how I went through hell and high-water just to feel alive
I could feel you Mr. Reaper Dissecting my connection to land Hope they find me and talk about how I went through hell and high-water just to feel alive I went through hell and high-water just to feel alive
#chiiild #hellandhighwater #blitnlChiiild - Antidote (Audio)Chiiild2023-02-08 | Stream / Purchase ‘Better Luck In The Next Life’ chiiild.lnk.to/blitnl
Lyrics Go wherever the lightnin' goes I know you're hurtin', but it barely shows I wonder where you are when your eyes close You give me more than I was askin' for You are the light, you are my only source Are you the one, are you the one Are you the one, are you the antidote? Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah (Are you the antidote?)
I'm out of practice I'll let gravity have this And if you ask me, I'm all in It's automatic Sadness will always know sadness Oh, how it's everlastin'
Go wherever the lightnin' goes I know you're hurtin', but it barely shows I wonder where you are when your eyes close You give me more than I was askin' for You are the light, you are my only source Are you the one, are you the one Are you the one, are you the antidote? Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah (Are you the antidote?)
Breathless, you left me breathless Put the lights out when you're so electric Baby, you're so electric (Breathless) Baby, you're so electric (You left me breathless) (Aah, aah, aah)
Go wherever the lightnin' goes I know you're hurtin', but it barely shows I wonder where you are when your eyes close You give me more than I was askin' for You are the light, you are my only source Are you the one, are you the one Are you the one, are you the antidote?
#chiiild #antidote #blitnlChiiild, Lucky Daye - Good For Now (Audio)Chiiild2023-01-11 | Stream / Purchase ‘Better Luck In The Next Life’ chiiild.lnk.to/blitnl
Lyrics Tell me that we're dreaming Don't say that we're in love, uh Whatever this is, it's good for now
At night we've been restless You say that we're destined I say you're just caught in the moment When you're close, I get reckless Laying in the wreckage I can stay for breakfast, yeah (Can stay for breakfast) A month goes by and I put my guard down You hit me blind, girl, don't start now It's obvious that I'm falling for you
Tell me that we're dreaming Don't say that we're in love, uh Whatever this is, it's good for now (Ooh, yeah) Tell me that we're dreaming Don't say that we're in love, uh Whatever this is, it's good for now (Good for now)
Ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh, for now Ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh Ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh, good for now
Lost in your reality Hope you find me in your fantasy (Fantasy) Too far when you're away from me (From me) This your call, I won't just let it ring Through the fire for your clarity And though you're mad at me, hard feelings and tragedy Feelings are bad for me, oh, bad for me I end up shattering all I stay even if it changes
Tell me that we're dreaming Don't say that we're in love (Love) Whatever this is, it's good for now (Tell me that we're dreaming) Tell me that we're dreaming Don't say that we're in love Whatever this is, it's good for now (Good for now)
Ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh, for now Ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh Ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh, good for now
Tell me that we're dreaming Don't say that we're in love, uh Whatever this is, it's good for now Yeah, it's good for now
#chiiild #luckydaye #goodfornowChiiild - You Get Me (A Final Word)Chiiild2022-12-13 | Chiiild – You Get Me (A Final Word) [Official Music Video]
Directed by Aimé Irabahaye Director of Photography: Evangelos James Desborough Production Manager Laure Fleurent Production Manager Sammie Mcnicoll 1st AC Jérémie abut Key Grip Johann (Joz) Guéhennec Gaffer David Willem Boot Production Assistant nasty boys Colorist Wilhends Norvil BTS Photographer: Hans Wherli
Thanks to Cineground, SLA Location, Zion Lipstein-Saffer, JOZ productions
I’m not scared Ok I might be Cause everybody’s got it figured out Leap of faith Into the deep end And I’m free falling in And it makes me manic And I start to panic And maybe it’s not meant for me I’m carrying baggage I need to unpack it Of all of the versions of me And my mind is out to get me Cause I know I’ve been drifting lately And I hope you can forgive me Say you get me Darling you get me I hope you get me I swear it feels like drugs When you’re in touch I’m so mixed up And at first you come And then you run Just want your insight My dear And my mind is out to get me Cause I know I’ve been drifting lately And I hope you don’t hold it against me If you get me, just say you get me Cause it’s been so crowded lately Cause these things they get so heavy And I hope it’s not too much to ask To say you get me To say you get me To say you get me If you get me
I’m not scared Ok I might be Cause everybody’s got it figured out Leap of faith Into the deep end And I’m free falling in And it makes me manic And I start to panic And maybe it’s not meant for me I’m carrying baggage I need to unpack it Of all of the versions of me And my mind is out to get me Cause I know I’ve been drifting lately And I hope you can forgive me Say you get me Darling you get me I hope you get me I swear it feels like drugs When you’re in touch I’m so mixed up And at first you come And then you run Just want your insight My dear And my mind is out to get me Cause I know I’ve been drifting lately And I hope you don’t hold it against me If you get me, just say you get me Cause it’s been so crowded lately Cause these things they get so heavy And I hope it’s not too much to ask To say you get me To say you get me To say you get me If you get me
Video Credits DIRECTOR TREY LYONS CREATIVE DIRECTOR EDDIE MANDELL DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY DENNIS GRISHNIN
PRODUCTION COMPANY MUDDY WATER MONTREAL PRODUCTION COMPANY NEUFCINO
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS MCCRAY SUTHERLIN & FARAH IDREES ASSOCIATE PRODUCER SAHNAH DHRIF PRODUCER ZION LIPSTEIN-SAFFER PRODUCTION MANAGER JOSHUA ROSENBAUM FIRST ASSISTANT DIRECTOR DANIEL LIBMAN
1ST ASSISTANT CAMERA YASMINE AMOR 2ND ASSISTANT CAMERA AMINA YANOURI STEADICAM OPERATOR HUGO CORED GAFFER LUCAS WAKMAN BESTBOY ELECTRIC JEAN-PHILIPPE DAGENAIS KEY GRIP IMAD EL KIK BESTBOY GRIP JOSE BRAVO
ART DIRECTOR STEVIE SMYLIE ART ASSISTANT MIKKO MAZZA ART ASSISTANT JEREMIE CORMIER
STYLIST JOANIE DEL SANTO STYLING ASSISTANT RAEA PALMIERI MAKEUP ARTIST ABRIL CLOSS
PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS RILEY SIEMENS, MOHAMED BL- HUSSEINI, SASHA THEODORA, DWIGHT PETROVIC & ZABLEN AYAL BIS VINCENT GRAVEL & MATTHIEU OLIVER
EDIT TREY LYONS FINISHING EDITOR WILL NIAVA COLOR SAM GILLING VFX JORDAN LAVERY (KATHARSIS IMAGES) ADDITIONAL VFX MAX COLT GRAPHIC DESIGN & PROJECTION EDIT EDDIE MANDELL MONTREAL CAMERA RENTAL HOUSE CINEGROUND
LA UNIT DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY JAY SWUEN MODELS STEVEN JOURNEY, OLIVIA MACKNELL, AUSTIN PATRICK & EPHRATA EBATE DOG HANDLER MONT BLANC DOBERMANS PRODUCTION ASSISTANT GARO KAHWAlIAN
MANAGEMENT AVANT GARDEN LABEL AVANT GARDEN/4TH & BROADWAY
Lyrics If you let me take you round Show you things you never found Hold your breath so you won’t drown Synesthesia, feel the sound
Spacey Meet me on a mountain in a day dream Everybody out here on the same thing But baby we’re just out here levitating Yeah
Bon voyage From Le Petit Hermitage Spent the weekend getting high Tied a ribbon to the stars Hypnotized By kaleidoscopic eyes See you on the other side ‘Cause tonight it’s you and I Under tangerine skies Under tangerine skies
Hello, goodbye Blue pill, green light Oh yeah Mhmm Okay That’s right Spread your wings out We’ll go all night Better luck in The next life
Meet me on a mountain in a day dream Everybody out here on the same thing But baby we’re just out here levitating Yeah
Bon voyage From Le Petit Ermitage Spend the weekend getting high Tied a ribbon to the stars Hypnotized By kaleidoscopic eyes See you on the other side ‘Cause tonight it’s you and I Under tangerine skies Under tangerine skies Under tangerine skies Under tangerine skies
Spacey Meet me on a mountain in a day dream Everybody out here on the same thing But baby we’re just out here levitating YeahChiiild - Better Luck In The Next Life (Album Trailer)Chiiild2022-11-07 | Better Luck In The Next Life. 2023.
Video Credits DIRECTOR TREY LYONS CREATIVE DIRECTOR EDDIE MANDELL DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY DENNIS GRISHNIN
PRODUCTION COMPANY MUDDY WATER MONTREAL PRODUCTION COMPANY NEUFCINO
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS MCCRAY SUTHERLIN & FARAH IDREES ASSOCIATE PRODUCER SAHNAH DHRIF PRODUCER ZION LIPSTEIN-SAFFER PRODUCTION MANAGER JOSHUA ROSENBAUM FIRST ASSISTANT DIRECTOR DANIEL LIBMAN
1ST ASSISTANT CAMERA YASMINE AMOR 2ND ASSISTANT CAMERA AMINA YANOURI STEADICAM OPERATOR HUGO CORED GAFFER LUCAS WAKMAN BESTBOY ELECTRIC JEAN-PHILIPPE DAGENAIS KEY GRIP IMAD EL KIK BESTBOY GRIP JOSE BRAVO
ART DIRECTOR STEVIE SMYLIE ART ASSISTANT MIKKO MAZZA ART ASSISTANT JEREMIE CORMIER
STYLIST JOANIE DEL SANTO STYLING ASSISTANT RAEA PALMIERI MAKEUP ARTIST ABRIL CLOSS
PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS RILEY SIEMENS, MOHAMED BL- HUSSEINI, SASHA THEODORA, DWIGHT PETROVIC & ZABLEN AYAL BIS VINCENT GRAVEL & MATTHIEU OLIVER
EDIT TREY LYONS FINISHING EDITOR WILL NIAVA COLOR SAM GILLING VFX JORDAN LAVERY (KATHARSIS IMAGES) ADDITIONAL VFX MAX COLT GRAPHIC DESIGN & PROJECTION EDIT EDDIE MANDELL MONTREAL CAMERA RENTAL HOUSE CINEGROUND
YOUNG GIRL AMYRAH ANESTINA SKERRITT
LA UNIT DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY JAY SWUEN MODELS STEVEN JOURNEY, OLIVIA MACKNELL, AUSTIN PATRICK & EPHRATA EBATE DOG HANDLER MONT BLANC DOBERMANS PRODUCTION ASSISTANT GARO KAHWAlIAN
MANAGEMENT AVANT GARDEN LABEL AVANT GARDEN/4TH & BROADWAYChiiild - Sleepwalking (Live | Vevo DSCVR Artists to Watch 2022)Chiiild2021-12-09 | Chiiild - Sleepwalking. An exclusive live performance for Vevo DSCVR ARTISTS TO WATCH 2022, an annual series highlighting those that are shaping the future of music.
Yonatan Ayal asks a lot of questions in the songs he makes as Chiiild. Like, “How does it feel walking fast asleep?” Or, “How can I translate your words into light?” And, “Will you stay here for a while or have you had enough?” Sometimes existential, sometimes self-reflective, these queries always match Chiiild’s exploratory psych-R&B. Yoni’s called his reverb-drenched sound “synthetic soul,” and used the same phrase as the title of his 2020 debut EP. It dropped after the Quebec native had spent a few years in Los Angeles, where he wrote and produced projects for other artists. But as cool as a credit on a Chloe x Halle or a J Lo song was, Yoni couldn’t ignore an urge to create his own music. So with his longtime Montreal pal Pierre Luc-Rioux, he began focusing on all things Chiiild. The result was seven tracks of psych-R&B that struck a balance between familiar funk and hazy atmospheres. With its minimal slap-pop bass line and Space Echo elements, “Pirouette” caught comparisons to Tame Impala and D’Angelo. This past July’s ‘Hope For Sale,’ his first full album, expanded on the futuristic soul vibes hypothesized on its predecessor. Opportunities for live shows arrived this year, too. One Insta video documenting Chiiild’s first headline gig at NYC’s Mercury Lounge reveals Yoni balancing humility and ambition. “I’m finally becoming the person that I always wanted to be. I just needed to express myself.” Indirectly, he references his LA past life. “I was expressing myself through other people, and the message got mixed.” Fans of Chiiild will love the way Yoni, Pierre and their band broke apart “Weightless” for DSCVR Artists To Watch 2022, rebuilding it with surprise breakdowns and a violin cameo. For "Sleepwalking," he flew, ahem... soared, alone. Bet on yourself, and good things will happen.
Executive Producer: JP Evangelista Executive Producer: Micah Bickham Director: Kyle Goldberg Producer: Maddy Schmidt Director of Photography: Skyler Brown Editor: Andrew Ros Music & Talent: Annie Shapiro + Sam Mackoff
Lyrics: Sometimes I feel like I'm just sitting around Waiting for something to take over my mind If you tell me I'm alright I'll make love to you tonight And I'll find my way back
I've been wasting time Focused on the little games that run my mind I should probably realize I need you I've been wasting wasting wasting I’ve been wasting I’ve been wasting time Focused on the little games that run my mind I should probably realize I need you I've been wasting wasting time
Lyrics: You say you've been lonely Nothing’s going your way Life ain't out to get you Take off all that weight Open your eyes You gotta get up Maybe your mind is the answer Remember the nights with the old me Remember the nights when your told me People and time make it better Maybe your mind is the answer Remember the nights with the old me Remember the nights when your told me
The best ain't happened yet The best is yet to give The best ain't happened yet The best is yet to give The best ain't happened yet
You say you've been lonely Nothing’s going your way Life ain't out to get you Take off all that weight
The best ain't happened yet The best is yet to give The best ain't happened yet The best is yet to give
The best ain't happened yet The best is yet to give The best ain't happened yet The best is yet to give The best ain't happened yet The best is yet to give
Lyrics: How can I translate Your light into words my dear Heighten all your senses I’m weightless you’re weightless Take your under the sun my dear A state that transposes Us into lotus Weightless under the sun under the sun
I don't wanna I don't wanna I don't wanna I don't wanna I don't wanna Let this moment pass I don't wanna I don't wanna I don't wanna I don't wanna Take you for granted my dear I'll take you all the places I've seen Experience your senses I want you I want you I want you I want you I want you How can I translate
Credits: Directed by Zac Wolf DP Russell Tandy Produced by Zac Wolf Post production by Zac Wolf 1st AC Chandler Desforges Production manager Eric Lodwick Steadicam Operator Red Scheffler PA Evan Snyder PA Stella Styling by Zac Wolf
Lyrics: We don't have to drag this thing on for another day Life gets better when we're lovers and not enemies We’re both wrong but if you want I'm down to take the blame Whatever you want whatever you need babe
I know eventually You will fall for me baby And then you'll want me back I know you want me bad
I know eventually You will fall for me baby And then you'll want me back I know you want me bad
Don't you go pull on your parachute You know what comes of forbidden fruit I know you want me bad Don't you go pull on your parachute I know you want me bad
Where'd you go love What can i do so you reappear There's no point of storming off if were both sleeping here We’re both wrong but if you want i'm down to take the blame Whatever you want whatever you need babe
I know eventually You will fall for me baby And then you'll want me back I know you want me bad
I know eventually You will fall for me baby And then you'll want me back I know you want me bad
Don't you go pull on your parachute You know what comes of forbidden fruit I know you want me bad Don't you go pull on your parachute I know you want me bad
CHiiiLD Yonatan Ayal Guitar Pierre Luc-Rioux Violin Lauren Lyon Bass Nick Clark Cellist Jean Paul Barjon Drums Carl Carter Lap Steel Kale Stiles
Director of Photography Russell Tandy Production Company Chromatic Pictures Executive Producers Emma Buerklin and Zac Wolf Producer Joshua Rowen-Keren 1st AC Chandler Desforges 2nd AC Nick Caiazza Steadicam Operator Anthony Foster
Lyrics: Meet me in the bedroom Lay there awake I’ve been thinking bout this thing here all week One night could feel like four days Meet me in the bedroom Lay there awake
Time slows down when you pull up to the venue Michelin star crib and my body’s on the menu VIP treatment giving you the chef’s special Cos I still get butterflies daily like the first day that I met you I got a dilemma Whenever We’re not together If you’re tryna be the Nelly to my Kelly Pull up on me No pressure
Meet me in the bedroom Lay there awake I’ve been thinking bout this thing here all week One night could feel like four days Meet me in the bedroom Lay there awake
You’ve been feeling distant We’re omitting our natural fixes Your body’s the mission Tunnel vision on nights like this (Nights) I know you work hard Hardly working on yourself (Won’t you) Let go of your stress Lay back Lay back, decompress
Meet me in the bedroom Lay there awake I’ve been thinking bout this thing here all week One night could feel like four days Meet me in the bedroom Lay there awake
Director: Daniel Regan Production Company: North of Now Executive Producers: Daniel Yaro, Sara Nix Producer: Anastasia Solovieva
Director of Photography: David Okolo Production Designer: Dylan Lynch Stylist: Alexandra Assil HMU: Sara Tagaloa
Cast: Yoni Ayal, Moses, Rocky, Larry Sr, Dallis, Cash, Malcom, Hazel, Seaven, Savannah Posey and Halletta
Production Manager: David Kim First AD: Clyde Goins Second AD: Zshakira Toby First AC: Ryan Sax Photo Assistant: Mike Lopez Photo Assistant: Larry Burns Set Dresser: Winston Willingham Gaffer: Tom Peake Key Grip: Daniel Kusenda Wardrobe Assistant: Parker Harwood Wardrobe Assistant: Jos Fine PA/Driver: Jeremy Scippio PA: James Simonton CCO: Frankie Orr
Editor: Wes Sanches Color: Gabe Sanchez
Lyrics: How does it feel walking fast asleep Under the moonlight Don’t know what’s real or what’s fantasy Under the moonlight
How does it feel walking fast asleep Under the sunlight Open your eyes it’s okay to dream Under the sunlight