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Melbourne duo Cry Club<\/strong> have always existed in their own colourful universe. It\u2019s a place where maximalist pop, punky electronics and unapologetically queer joy crash together in spectacular fashion. Since forming in 2018, best friends Heather and Jono have carved out a loyal audience with their theatrical live shows, heartfelt politics and their ability to make chaos feel cathartic. Armed with a brand new single, \u201cThis, Forever,\u201d<\/strong> the pair are now gearing up for a huge new chapter.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThis, Forever\u201d arrives as one of Cry Club\u2019s most luminous releases to date it\u2019s a shimmering, euphoric track drenched in warmth and emotional clarity. It captures a very specific ache, one that both members felt deeply but differently while crafting it. As Jono explains, the song came from a shared yet unspoken emotional space. \u201cWe write a lot of the lyrics and things together, so both of us might feel like a song is about something\u2026 but because it\u2019s not coming from one place, it ends up being completely different feelings,\u201d he says. \u201cFor me, I remember it being about a community aspect- like, we\u2019re all in this together, that kind of thing. But now even the title has now changed what I think about the song since it\u2019s come out- especially thinking about all of the friends who were in the community that we started the band in, but have since moved on and venues we used to play have wrapped up.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Heather felt that same bittersweet pull. \u201cIt is about community, and the longing for a consistent community,\u201d they add. \u201cBeing a queer band, being trans, there\u2019s always an element of political activism. With that comes a lot of arguing with people who are on the same side as you\u2026 when you sit back and look at the bigger picture, it\u2019s not helpful. I think where we were both coming from is that sense of loss of a community and a real desperate need to build something consistent with people you can be honest with and disagree with \u2014 and it doesn\u2019t mean it\u2019s the end of the world.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n That tension- the love, the frustration and desire for connection- pulses through every beat of \u201cThis, Forever.\u201d But interestingly, the song didn\u2019t begin as the bright, euphoric track we hear now. \u201cThis was a lockdown song, wasn\u2019t it?\u201d Jono recalls. \u201cIt started as an acoustic ballad\u2026we could just never get it into the right format.\u201d The breakthrough came when they finally stopped overthinking it. \u201cWe often resist doing things we feel we\u2019ve done before. There\u2019s this sense of always needing to be pushing something exciting\u2026 but then we were like, what happens if we treat it more like the kind of songs that we like?\u2026 it kind of fits the format of songs that feel more in line with our first album- Very direct, synth-heavy. Can we combine that with the breakbeats and sampling stuff we\u2019re doing now? It felt like acknowledging the past but staying in the present.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n