CONAN GRAY
releases new single
‘MANIAC’
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“pop prince of sad internet teens” – Teen Vogue
“Introducing Your New Pop Prince” – MTV
“(a) sensation and venue-packing pop powerhouse” – PAPER
“…pop that sounds big enough to fill stadiums” – UPROXX
“Conan is definitely One To Watch.” – Idolator
“…we are witnessing, first-hand, the evolution of a phenomenal new pop star..” – Ones to Watch
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On the eve of headlining a sold-out run across North America, “The Comfort Crowd” Tour, buzzing 20-year-old bedroom pop singer-songwriter Conan Gray unveils his official new single “Maniac”. The video is a nod to horror classics like Zombieland and Dawn of the Dead and the action goes down on “Devil’s Night” just Halloween. Watch Here.
On the song Conan said: “I wrote maniac in the shower after getting a midnight drunk sob text from my ex. They’d been running all around town telling everyone that I was some freak who wouldn’t leave them alone when in reality, they were the freak. They were the one acting like a maniac— sending strange late-night texts and showing up at my shows unannounced. T thought it was hilarious and all my friends had dealt with the same thing, so I decided to write a cathartic post break-up song dedicated to psychotic exes. that’s how maniac was born.”
Conan also said of the video: “I think everyone has dealt with a psycho ex at one point in their life. with the “Maniac” video, I wanted everyone’s worst nightmare to come true— all of your exes coming back from the dead to haunt you all in one night. “Night of the Living Exes,” if you will. The second I came up with the video, I knew immediately that I wanted Jess Barden from “The End Of The F***ing World” to play the best friend. Jess is incredibly talented, and her character reminds me a ton of my own best friend who I’d seen date a slew of different types of people. The jock, the artsy one, the nice one, etc. I thought it’d be fun to showcase all of the stereotypes in a cheesy 80’s horror movie esque video.”
Conan Gray has been making a name for himself with his songs “Comfort Crowd,” “Crush Culture,” “Checkmate” and “The King”. He’s earned praise from Troye Sivan, Khalid, Brockhampton’s Kevin Abstract, and BTS, and has sold out all dates on his last two headline tours, as well as performed at Lollapalooza. Previously featured in V Man’s Fall/Winter 2019 issue, Paper, iD, Fader,
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