MANILA, Philippines — Navigating the confusing world of young love, rienne’s new music explores the bridge between “what ifs” and “why don’t we”. “This song is an anthem for the gay girls who fall for straight girls,” declares the rising star. In this four minute track, they share with their listeners the conflict of giving love a second a chance. With emotion being rienne’s most significant pen on writing music, Just Friends reminds us of the butterflies in our stomachs when love comes around despite the complications of love and friendship.
“Don’t fall for your [straight] friends,” says rienne. Despite wanting more, the West Virginia-based songwriter concludes the single with a beautifully written heartfelt confession where time and time again has proved that as it should be – love will always win.
Just Friends is the second installment in a planned trilogy of songs from rienne. A simple lesson about love is taught to us by a young artist who braved the music industry — when it’s right and when it’s alright, we can always give love a second chance.
Just a week after the release of the second part of their trilogy, rising indie star rienne shares a music video for “Just Friends”.
“We shot this in downtown Parkersburg, in the southside, and we have a shot near the studio where my crush takes ballet lessons,” rienne shares. “When she saw the music video, she said “hey that’s near my studio”, and I was like, “that’s kinda the point!””
Directed by Zack Hendershot of 508 productions, the music video production took place in one of West Virginia’s most historic cities – Parkersburg, where the 20 year old singer-songwriter is currently based.
The opening clip takes us on a tour around the colourful city. Throughout the whole video, we see rienne spending time with a mannequin. “I chose a mannequin because the girl I was in love with was with someone else,” they explain. The dreamy and picture-perfect scenes matched with the masked lyrics and beat of the song, rienne convinces themselves to be “just friends” with the girl they like.
Despite being true to their feelings, the music video is an illusion of not ending up with the person you like. It tricks listeners with a light and upbeat melody, visuals tainted with warm, pink tones that make you feel elated and happy — only to have you realize that the four minute clip portrays another side of the story filled with frustration from rienne of wanting to become more than “Just Friends”.
The last installment of the trilogy will be out in October.
Just Friends is now available to stream on all digital streaming platforms. Follow and stay connected with rienne on their Facebook and Instagram pages at @riennemusic and @rienne777 on twitter.