Nostalgia Gets a Pulse on Lenny Zen’s Hypnotic New Single Stick Around

Released only a few hours ago, Stick Around is the utterly dreamy and inescapable new single from San Diego-based singer/songwriter and producer Lenny Zen. Offering listeners a first glimpse into the artist's upcoming EP, Revertigo!, Stick Around maintains a playful sonic undertone while confronting the complexities of growing older. Through hypnotic synths, unique percussive work, and Lenny's anthemic vocal hooks, it's a true masterclass in disguising existential dread with a danceable soundscape.

Beautifully detailing the simplicity of youth, while grappling with the expectations and uncertainties of the future, Stick Around asks the listener to confront how the past shapes their present. It's about that universal struggle of finding one's place in the world, wrapped in a synth-pop package of nostalgia and bittersweet clarity.

Written, produced, and recorded entirely by Lenny, Stick Around is a wonderful showcase of the musician's bedroom-pop ethos. It's filled with heart and soul, and authenticity. My only complaint? It's brevity. But thankfully, there's a decent amount of Lenny Zen's previous work to dive into. And that's exactly what I'm about to do!

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