Album: Godspeed (2024)
Charted: 17
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Songfacts®:

  • The Blessed Madonna released "Happier" via her We Still Believe record label on February 2, 2024. It features vocals by Clementine Douglas. The dance singer-songwriter Clementine Douglas has also worked with Chase & Status ("Mixed Emotions"), Joel Corry ("History") and Sonny Fodera ("Asking").
  • "Happier" is about love lost, but it isn't your typical breakup anthem. Sure, there's longing, a hint of regret, and maybe a tear or two clinging to mascara, but beneath the vibrant dance beat, Clementine Douglas belts out a message of bittersweet acceptance. She wishes her ex well, even as the aftertaste of love lost lingers.
  • The Blessed Madonna and Clementine Douglas co-wrote and co-produced the pulsating dance track with Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs (TEED). The son of Professor Edward Higginbottom, formerly conductor of the choir of New College, Oxford, TEED is an electronic music producer, DJ and singer-songwriter. His 2012 debut album, Trouble, was DJ Magazine's Album of the Year. He has also collaborated with the likes of Banks (six tracks on her Goddess album) and Mark Ronson ("I Can't Lose").

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