HEALTH and Lauren Mayberry of CHVRCHES, are joining forces to give "fresh life" to a static-filled, metallic R&B pop track. In the new rendition, Mayberry's singular vocals add a new layer of depth to "ASHAMED," which was previously released on the band's album RAT WARS. From the opening admission of, “We both know you shouldn't come here anymore/ But what's a bridge if left unburned?” to the close of “I've got nothing to say,” they delve into the questions, regrets and even the pain of human existence.
“We have commissioned many remixes of our work and participated in dozens of collaborations," HEALTH vocalist Jake Duzsik tells PAPER. "But this is the first time I can recall reimagining a previously released song with another vocalist. For me, it has given the music a fresh life and deeper dimension.”
In the visuals, directed by Mynxii White and premiering exclusively on PAPER, Mayberry and Duzsik alternate lines in the industrial track, as shadows, ruby hues add a menacing atmosphere to their delivery amid a dark forest back drop.
“I really respect the creative world that HEALTH have built for themselves and the community that exists around it,” Mayberry tells PAPER. “It was an honor to be trusted with this reinterpretation. Always happy to run around in the woods at night and call it work."
Speaking of the original version to Zane Lowe on Apple Music 1, Duzsik called the original version of the track “highly personal.” When he wrote it, Duzsik says it "was almost kind of stream of consciousness. I had recently become a father and was trying to deal with fatherhood and keeping a partnership together and then lockdown and all these different things.”
Duzsik adds: “I think it was like Robert Smith, I read a quote of his where he was asked why he never had kids and it was because he was not consulted as to whether or not he wanted to be born and if he’d been given the choice, he would’ve preferred to have not been. I thought that that was incredible. Yeah, it’s about the most gothy thing you could say.”
Photography: Mynxii White
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