"Alone in the Night" is a song by Sondre Lerche featuring AURORA. It was released on Sondre's album Avatars of Love, on April 1, 2022.[1]
Sondre's "Demo for AURORA" was released on his Avatars of the Night, a collection of remixes, reworks and demos, on March 31, 2023.[2]
Background[]
The song was originally written for Sondre's 2020 album, Patience,[3] but it was not recorded until after its release in August that year. Sondre told Aurora about the song and asked her to sing with him, they recorded it the next week, and another week later the song was finished.[4]
On August 14, 2020, the song and music video appeared in a web stream for ticket holders to Øyafestivalen, which was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[5] In December 2020, Sondre shared a snippet of the song and its music video.[6]
About the song[]
Talking about the song for its 2020 premiere, Sondre noted:
"It's been such an intense joy to record this heavy, existential love song about desire and dementia over the past two weeks. I hope you can enjoy it! 💜"[3]
In a press release for the 2022 album, Lerche said:
"Alone in the Night was the first recording I did for the Avatars of Love album. It put everything in motion, and surprised me greatly. I heard AURORA's voice singing it in my mind one day when I was out running in the sun. So I asked her if she'd sing it with me. It felt extra special, because I had just returned home to Bergen after 15 years of living in the US. And she was one of the first to greet me there. It's a song about what happens to our bodies and souls when we fall in love, and then again through the passage of time, when we age and die. It's ultimately about our memories and dementia. How frail we really are, and how heartless the process of aging can be to lovers."[7]
Lyrics[]
Alone in the night with only the thought of you
The stars that come into view, do I know you by heart?
When we are apart, how are you so near to me?
So vivid, so clear to me, like I know you by heart
When you want me like I want you
We're defenseless to our senses, to our souls
But in hindsight, beyond the moonlight
At the merciless break of dawn
Will we awake and love move on?
Our bodies fade at the hands of time
Like stars eclipsed in the dark
All alone in the night
All alone in the night
Alone in the night, when you're making love to me
We know love instinctively, don't you know me by heart?
When you love me like I love you
We're defenseless to our senses, to our souls
But in hindsight, in the twilight
At the merciless break of dawn
Will we awake? Will love be gone?
Our memories slip through the hands of time
Like stars eclipsed in the dark, like you and I
All alone in the night
All alone in the night
All alone in the night
Alone in the night, how will you remember us
If your memory turns to dust?
Will you know me by heart?
By heart, by heart, by heart
Music video[]
A music video for the song was released on April 1, 2022, it was directed by William Glandberger and produced by Sølvrev.
Audio[]
Demo for AURORA[]
Trivia[]
- The full song leaked (in low quality) in August 2021.
References[]
- ↑ https://ingrv.es/avatars-of-love-album
- ↑ https://ingrv.es/avatars-of-the-night
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 https://www.instagram.com/p/CDyWbyXJfZS/
- ↑ https://www.ballade.no/koronakrisen/sondre-lerche-og-aurora-sammen-om-verdenspremiere/
- ↑ https://oyafestivalen.no/2020/08/12/oya-premiere-pa-ny-sondre-lerche-lat-med-aurora/
- ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/CJJgDF8L-ca/
- ↑ https://www.undertheradarmag.com/news/sondre_lerche_shares_video_alone_in_the_night_featuring_aurora_plus_stream