Caroline Rose previews new LP with seductive track "Freak Like Me"

"Freak Like Me" is the second single to be lifted from Superstar, after last month's "Feel The Way I Want".

Rose says of the new offering, ""Freak Like Me" is an S&M-themed love song about falling in love with your dominatrix. The song’s melody is very floral and beautiful. I imagine it as some sort of delicate dress dancing around 17th century Versailles. I wanted to juxtapose this daintiness with grotesque lyrics. I’ve always wanted to write a pretty song with the word ‘vomit’ in it. Paradoxes are fun. I had been wanting to sample Aaron Embry’s "Raven Song" in a beat for the longest time. Then I had this kind of ‘ah ha!’ moment while working on the song on tour. I chopped up the sample, pitched it and it just fit perfectly. It really took the song to another level and completed the paradox."

Superstar will be Rose's first album since 2018's LONER record.

Rose adds of the album, "To me, there’s both humour and horror in hubris and what it takes in order to be successful. I wanted to make a story out of those parts of myself that I find largely undesirable and embarrassing, then inject them with steroids."