Maya Hawke’s “Sweet Tooth,” the latest single and video from her album MOSS, is now available.
“‘Sweet Tooth’ was the last song written for MOSS. The lyrics were written in Atlanta while filming, but Christian [Lee Hutson] and I recorded the first demo in Nashville,” Hawke says of the single. “When we finished the first recording session, I felt this eruption of joy and I knew this feeling had to be on the record.”
Accompanying the release is a “sweet” music video, directed by Celine Sutter. Set in a dentist’s office and on the beach in Los Angeles, the video takes the audience into a laughing gas-induced dream of a group of friends memorializing Hawke. The concept for the video pivoted just days before the shoot to include Hawke’s “sweet tooth” after she began experiencing wisdom tooth pain.
“’Sweet Tooth’ was born out of conversations with Maya about the song, the album, and the unique feel of sweetness, cavity, death, and joy. We discussed care, caretaking, and childhood adult friendships,” says Sutter. “In the edit, we found the deconstructed nature of the dream with the behind-the-scenes footage-as if Maya was participating in the making of, and the theater of, her own funeral. “Sweet Tooth” is a trippy, playful video that embraces the dichotomy of its themes: a joyful and melancholic funeral, a fake dream world with real footage, care and loneliness, sweetness and pain.”
MOSS is slated for release on Friday, September 23rd. Pre-order the album now.