runo plum finds fragile emotion on new single ‘butterflies’ ahead of Bloom Again EP
runo plum releases the new single ‘butterflies’ as the first preview of her upcoming EP Bloom Again, arriving May 8 via Winspear.
‘butterflies’ captures the quiet emotional tension that has become central to runo plum’s songwriting. Built around warm, finger-plucked guitar and intimate vocal delivery, the track explores the uneasy space between excitement and heartbreak. The song was recorded with Plum laying down the main guitars and vocals in her Minneapolis home studio, while collaborator Phillip Brooks added drums, guitar, and bass from their home studio in Germany. The result is a minimal but layered arrangement that mirrors the emotional uncertainty the lyrics describe.
runo says of the track:
“You might assume it’s about the giddy feelings of having nervous butterflies when you have a crush, and I suppose it is, but it’s more so about those feelings being crushed, and not knowing what to do with those feelings. I recorded the main guitars and vocals in my home studio in my apartment in Minneapolis, and Philip Brooks added drums, guitar and bass at their home studio in Germany, they have a way of adding depth to songs that feels so magical. It’s a really tender song I wrote during the period when I wrote ‘patching.'”
‘butterflies’ is out now via Winspear and available to stream.
We’ve covered Runo Plum previously: ‘Alley Cat,’ ‘Pond,’ ‘Halfway Up the Lawn,’ ‘Lemon Garland.’
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