Remy Bond is bringing listeners into her ethereal world of coconut bras, burlesque dancers, giant wigs, and tropical flowers. On Friday, the rising pop star released her debut EP, Backstage at the Tropicana, featuring music that glamorizes Hollywood magic from the Fifties to the Eighties.
“I’ve always wanted to go to Kokomo; it sounds like the perfect place. Get ready for some burlesque on the beach,” she tells Rolling Stone in a statement.
When putting together the EP, Bond said she wanted to put together something that reflected her music so far but also “set the tone” for future projects. The compilation includes previously released singles like “Star Shaped Baby,” “Summer Song,” and “Moviestar,” along with vibrant new releases, “Hawaiian Dream,” “Skin Tight Jeans,” and “Orlando.”
“I’ve always felt nostalgia was the strongest emotion. I had a magical childhood, and I think I glamorize that nostalgia in the same way I think of the 50s, 60s, 70s, and 80s,” she says. “Though the past slowly fades, I try to write each song like a reminder of those disappearing worlds. One song might take you to a 50s diner, another on a Hawaiian honeymoon.”
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The musician, who Rolling Stone crowned as an Artist You Need to Know earlier this year, will go on a European tour to celebrate the record. “I hope to make a perfume to match this album’s vibe. I want to smell like an 80s motel,” she reveals. “I’m working on a scent for the Tropicana merch right now.”
When she was in the midst of making the project, she told Rolling Stone that she found much inspiration while on mushrooms with her go-to producer Jules Apolinaire. “Every shroom trip, we got a new source of inspiration. We wrote ‘Movie Star’ on shrooms,” she said over the summer. “We were like, ‘Oh my gosh, if we take shrooms, we can write so many bangers.’ So we would just go into album mode every time we would do it.”