After a year of rest, Bad Sweetheart’s second full-length album ‘You Slept on the Curtain’ was officially released at midnight on November 14th. This is another long piece following the EP ‘GoodGood BadBad’ released two years ago. Just like the long summer break between two semesters, our good friends and we meet again today as promised. Accompanied by the intro track ‘Rabbit Sitting Still’ with its clumsy yet nimble distorted guitar, those youth fragments trapped in the shaking handheld DV lens seem to come back to us. ‘Naturally’ and ‘I Do What I Wanna Do’ make people unconsciously tap their toes to the beat; ‘You Don’t Need a Photo’ perfectly imprints this autumn visually and audibly in your mind; the ever-changing ‘2029’ along with the meaningful ending, and the intense ‘Rowing Race’ make your palms sweat, concluding the nearly 60-minute music in memory… ‘Some things we thought we had lost, we mobilized all our friends to search for them, only to find that they were not lost, they just slept in the curtain.’ ‘You Slept on the Curtain’ includes 13 works, some of which were shown in their original form during the 2023 tour; more are, as the album says, the ‘rambling thoughts’ of every stage since the establishment of Bad Sweetheart, through many summers and autumns. From the first album ‘That’s Enough for Today’, where the thoughts hidden between mobile phone notes and voice recorders were gradually discovered and shared, to the other way of expression adopted after growth in ‘GoodGood BadBad’, now after the test of friendship, the trio of He Mingyang, Li Fan, and Jiang Honglang choose to continue to move forward, meeting every challenge with a persistent DIY spirit and a life attitude that laughs to tears. Earlier, the band released the homemade MV of the pre-release song ‘Drowsy Rainy Day’. The blue bedding makes people feel comfortable and secure, our life is like the protagonist played by drummer Li Fan, being taken out of the mysterious quilt one by one, all happiness, threats, and safety are clear in the small Simmons world. The three members acted in their original roles with the help of friends, which is also their first attempt to shoot a music video for their own song, and its interesting level is no less than a middle school experimental class group assignment.
Low-cost creation reaps rich rewards. ‘1000 yuan may be able to do anything.’ Following the restored supervisor videos, we see Bad Sweetheart move into the rehearsal room in Li Fan’s new basement. They record their musical inspirations with perhaps not so expensive but very convenient second-hand equipment. ‘Shout ‘go!’ and immediately enter the state.’ And in life, hearty laughter still rings out from time to time. ‘Perhaps Bad Sweetheart now is no longer the same as when we met everyone a few years ago, but between us and the way we share happiness with everyone has never changed.’ A brand-new working method, a brand-new stage, and new plans with footsteps getting closer… Don’t worry about lost things drifting away from us. True excitement is still hidden in unexpected places waiting for you to discover. Bad Sweetheart’s four-city special performance of ‘Tears of the Hot Water Bag (Warm Warm Tear)’ in late 2024 has officially opened for ticket sales. Bad Sweetheart, who has just released a new album, will meet everyone in Chengdu, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, and Hangzhou during this time of the new year transition and spend a pleasant evening together. In addition, for this four-city special and the previously announced Christmas Eve special in Wuhan, Bad Sweetheart will invite Yutong from Silly Function to participate in the performance as a guest guitarist. Looking forward to it. They are ready. Hope you are too. The full text is open on Wednesday, January 1st. The performance starts at 20:00. The specific performance duration is subject to the site.
