When recording “Sucker”, her fourth LP as Ian Sweet, Jilian Medford broke out of her comfort zone, both as a musician and as a Los Angeles resident feeling stuck in isolation. That liberating feeling takes shape in a catchy, polished sound audible in lead single “Your Spit” (whose music video features cameos by Saturday Night Live cast members Sarah Sherman and Martin Herlihy). “Your Spit,” is a hooky and blown-out rock song with the chorus: “Kiss me like you mean it/ Kiss me like you’re leavin/ Your spit tastes different/ Kiss me like you mean it/ Make me believe it.”
“‘Your Spit’ is about the joy and fear that surrounds new relationships,” Medford said. “The excitement that’s also accompanied by doubt. But I’d be lying if I didn’t say the song is just mostly about making out.”
It was produced by Alex Craig and Strange Ranger’s Isaac Eiger,
“Sucker” also includes a new rendition of “Fight,” which originally appeared on Medford’s 2022 “Star Stuff” EP, for a little dose of reimagining her past in the present.
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