Dronningen – Theatrical Love (2022)
With their single ‘Theatrical Love’, Dronningen has captured and condensed the feeling of meeting a stranger you are inexplicably drawn to. Through their electro-pop and rock tones, they fill you with the feeling that anything can happen in that moment. Woven into this feeling is the sense that we are all capable of doing crazy things when the mood takes us.
With a combination of high-energy, quirky tones and danceable melodies, Beatrice Bonnano (vocals, guitar) and Vito Cerasia (lead guitar) sweep through your senses. The duo met in 2014 and have been performing across the world since then. With three EPs under their belt and a string of successful shows, they are a duo that has a lot going for them and are showing no signs of stopping.
‘Theatrical Love’ shakes you up with the electronic tones that burst into life from the first moment. There is a real dance vibe to these tones that makes you want to move around to the rhythm. This vibe only becomes more intense as the single progresses and the chorus bursts with shards of neon light. The guitar adds a dancing punch to the soundscape, before forming a colour rope that lassos you and keeps you hooked to the track. There are some really interesting melodic movements that bring contrasts and texture to the melody. While they try to grab your attention, the overall pulse of dance vibes doesn’t let up for a single.
As the music shakes up your senses with the dance vibes, Bonnano’s vocals bring a rock edge to the track. The lyrics draw you into a warm summer’s night where you meet the eye of a stranger and both feel a draw to each other. Her voice bursts on the chorus with the music taking you into the heated spiral of emotion that this moment sparks. The sparks ignited in the first verse build into a roaring fire as the song progresses. The vocals act as a higher layer to the music that gives the energy of the melody a direction. With the addition of the vocals, the single takes everything to another level as the chorus makes you want to jump around without a care in the world.
Dronningen fill you with the urge to jump around to their sound as they bring the heat of meeting someone for the first time to life in ‘Theatrical Love’. The melody is full-on from the first second pulsing into your senses, only to explode on the chorus. Bonnano’s vocals give the energy of the music direction, while lighting the spark of a first meeting into a raging fire.
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