Breathe Deeper
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| "Breathe Depper" | ||||
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| Single by Tame Impala | ||||
| from the album The Slow Rush | ||||
| Released | 14 February 2020[1] | |||
| Genre | R&B[2] | |||
| Length | 6:13 | |||
| Label | Island | |||
| Songwriter | Kevin Parker | |||
| Producer | Parker | |||
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| Music video | ||||
| "Breathe Deeper" on YouTube | ||||
"Breathe Deeper" is a song by Australian music project Tame Impala, released as the fifth of six singles from the project fourth studio album The Slow Rush (2020).[3][1]
"Breathe Deeper" is a 1970's R&B[2]/psychedelia[4] track in which Kevin Parker sings about staying calm in stressful situations.[5] Parker himself has stated it was inspired by an experience he had with 3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine a drug often called ecstacy.[6]
Release and promotion
The track was released as a single on 14 February 2020, as the fifth single from the project's fourth studio album The Slow Rush (2020).[1][2] It has a music video directed by the UK based Butt Studio, and features life from the eyes of a dragonfly.[5] On 6 October 2021, a remix of the track by American rapper Lil Yachty was released to promote the deluxe edition of The Slow Rush..[7] Lil Yachty stated on the remix that "It was so amazing to work with Kevin [Parker] as I've been a big fan since high school so it was a pleasant surprise and honor to be a part of such an incredible song."[8] In a review for the standard edition of The Slow Rush, Tim Sendra called it a "kind of languorous twilight groove".[9] PopMatters Jacob Uitti opined that it "would be a top pick for any breakdancer. It’s rigid in the best of ways, popping and locking like a subway artisan on a big square of well-worn cardboard. But it also provides, yes, a deep breath after the very personal song preceding it. Its melody is like a melty pink marshmallow."[10] The Line of Best Fit critic Christopher Hamilton-Peach noted it "basks in '90s house piano chords".[11] Jason Anderson believed that it "is propelled by Frankie Knuckles-style piano figures, stuffed with swirling synths and topped with Parker’s most exuberant vocal performance"[12] Sam Moore placed it at number 29 in a ranking of every Tame Impala song in 2020, stating that "Expressive percussion and a slinking bassline lead the way on this sleek R&B ‘Slow Rush’ cut before a bright, up-tempo piano line takes control."[13] Pitchfork placed it at number 86 in their ranking of the 100 best songs of 2020, stating that "you can hear Mariah Carey in the syrupy verse, the Neptunes in every raw drum hit, early Daft Punk in the finale’s acid house groove, and yet there’s no mistaking this for anything but a Tame Impala song."[6]