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Because impossibly lovely doesn’t quite do “Wish I Was in Bed” justice, let’s instead go with something a little more evocative like mind-bendingly beautiful. You know how some days getting out of bed can be hard? While it’s entirely possible that Kylie V can relate, they are more importantly here to help.

The video for “Wish I Was in Bed” positions the singer-songwriter as a double threat. On the music side of things, you get a lethal strain of throwback indie-pop that mixes bright-eyed resignation with an adorably world-weary optimism, the guitars acoustic and comforting one minute, and jagged-edge thrilling the next.

Want words of wisdom that suggest Kylvie V is wise beyond their years? “Wish I Was in Bed” is full of them, including: “Oh, I don’t know why memories make me cry/It’s not like they change …

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