Artemas, you and i could never be friends | Song Review

English pop/darkwave singer-songwriter Artemas satisfies our thirst post-LOVERCORE with the brief, sexed-up bop, “you and i could never be friends.” 

“I know that we only just met.” Facts, Artemas.  So, where, exactly, are you going with this? “But you and I ain’t gonna be friends.” Oh.  Hmm, so what is happening between them? What we do know is the bedroom is involved… who’s shocked? Once again, Artemas engages us with another sexual bop, “you and i could never be friends”.  Interestingly, this Artemas/Henry Morris/Kevin White-penned track (produced by Artemas and White) arrives weeks after his mixtape, LOVERCORE, was released. Artemas picks up where he left off, PERIOD.

“You and i could never be friends” begins with Artemas singing abruptly. Our boy is standing on business! Our utterly naughty English pop singer-songwriter gets right to the point. “You” features an adventurous, noisy backdrop.  There are boisterous, sharp synths and distorted, stuttering drums.  At times, there are holes within the accompaniment, allowing more nuanced musical touches, including some inviting guitar lines and striking keys and sound effects.  The backdrop aside, the star of the show is Artemas, who is unapologetic as… wait for it… fuck. He admits he’s in a dark place in life, horny, and gives no fucks.  “You keep looking at me crazy, it’s a face I recognize / And you’re talking to me sweet while you fuck me with your eyes.” Oh, the eye-fucking! He continues singing in the verse, “You’re lucky that you met me at this dark time of my life / ‘Cause I couldn’t give a fuck if I don’t make it through tonight.” So, is this a hookup or love at first sight?  With some drinks and drugs in them and a trip to the bedroom, friendship is unimportant.  Sex, on the other hand, is the modus operandi.  Is it casual, or, can non-friends become lovers? Debatable.  What’s not debatable is the fact that Artemas satisfies our thirst once more with another sexed-up bop in “you and i could never be friends”.

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