Raffaella shares Yeah Yeah Yeahs cover "Maps," in collaboration with Hippo Campus. A brief intermission between her acclaimed LIVE, RAFF, LOVE (Act I) and (Act II) on the horizon, this cover is an ode to the way the love between Jake (of Hippo Campus) and Raffaella manifests while they're both busy on tour. Listen/watch "Maps," produced by Hippo Campus and Raffaella, HERE.
Of "Maps" Raffaella shares, "Before we started working on it I realized I actually didn’t know what this song was about, despite loving it for my whole life and feeling the big feelings every time I heard it. Turns out the song’s about my life/every touring musician’s life - it’s a simple plea from one loved one to another, asking them to please stay. I have abandonment issues and had the brilliant idea to fall in love with someone whose job is to leave, but by some sort of miracle that person also happens to also be the most loyal person I’ve ever met."
Of watching the original video, she recalls, "The real tears, the visceral disappointment of her person not showing up after saying he would… yet she held so much power standing still in her solitude. Though we haven’t had to deal with that heartbreak, everyone involved in making this cover is all too familiar with those same feelings of yearning to be home, to be with the people who love you entirely… but we also know what it’s like to be on the road, the feeling of freedom that can exist alongside the loneliness. I love that we could appropriate a song that is seemingly so one-sided and turn it into a duet celebrating everyone involved."