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Friendly Ghosts

by Love Boundaries

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Rotterdam-based producer and singer-songwriter Love Boundaries is set to release ‘Friendly Ghosts,’ an upbeat electropop track about… being ghosted. Because writing a ballad about it would have been boring.

Drawing inspiration from the shimmering synthwave nostalgia currently sweeping through pop music and the ethereal falsetto choruses reminiscent of early 2010s indie pop, Friendly Ghosts is a retro-tinted single searching for an answer from the ghosts who go silent on us.

“We’ve all been there,” says Jan, the man behind the synthesizer. “Maybe we flirted on a holiday but can’t deal with each other in real life? Or maybe we were friends, but my brand of crazy is no longer compatible with yours, and you got tired of telling me that, so you stopped telling me anything. Or maybe we’re just busy dealing with our own ghosts from the past! And we’re all just left chasing that question mark.”

Love Boundaries is a synthpop project by Jan Arsenovic, based in Rotterdam, Netherlands. In 2022, Jan remixed a Bulgarian folk song, went viral in the Balkans, then got too freaked out to release any music for a while. “Maybe releasing this track puts that ghost to rest?”

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Downtown's painted midnight blue
As we cruise the empty streets
I'm not holding on to you
Cause I would lose my grip

Cold wind's blowing through my hair
And I'm warming up to this
But if I'm wide awake, you're barely here
And I'm clinging on to the mist

It's an empty boast, but I knew this would end
Are you a friendly ghost or a ghost of a friend?

Are you a friendly ghost or a ghost of a friend?
I know I barely knew you, but I want to pretend
That one day, you'll be back to haunt me again
Are you a friendly ghost or a ghost of a friend?

It's been three months, and I've been pacing around
Was it even real?
Tried talking to you, but there was no sound
How was I supposed to feel?

Awake at night, I just wanna know
If shadows feel alone
I'll hold a seance, you pick up the phone
And tell me you're chasing the ghosts of your own

Was it something i did, help me comprehend
Are you a friendly ghost or a ghost of a friend?

Are you a friendly ghost or a ghost of a friend?
I know I barely knew you, but I want to pretend
That one day you'll be back to haunt me again
Are you a friendly ghost or a ghost of a friend?

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released April 19, 2024
Written, performed and produced by Jan Arsenovic (Love Boundaries)
Mastered by Goran Simonoski (La Plant studio)

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Love Boundaries is a synthpop project by Jan Arsenovic, based in Rotterdam, Netherlands. In 2022, Jan remixed a Bulgarian folk song, went viral in the Balkans, and then got too freaked out to make music for a while. Maybe releasing a song about ghosting puts that ghost to rest? ... more

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