Gold-certified alternative pop artist carolesdaughter—a.k.a. Thea Taylor—has returned with a new single and music video entitled “Target Practice” via Arista Records.
About the song and video, Thea commented, “I wrote ‘Target Practice’ as an anthem for the misfits. My mom always told me if you got made fun of in school, it meant you were going to do well in life—and this song is what I wish I could’ve said.”
The track’s soft acoustic guitar gives way to the hum of hard distortion as she asks, “Do you think I’m target practice? You’re not even on my axis!” She speaks directly to a generation of outsiders with clever lyrics like “So talk your shit and squash your bugs, while I read my books and do my drugs.” The accompanying music video collates Thea’s high school experience of being bullied at no less than five schools into a moment of empowerment. Inspired by the late 90’s and early 00’s Buffy The Vampire Slayer meets “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” she endures the malaise of class (complete with “How to Fit Into Society”scrawled on the blackboard) only to grab a black Fender Stratocaster and scream back over a power chord crunch in the gym—surrounded by goth cheerleaders, to boot.
carolesdaughter plans to hit the road with nothing,nowhere. this spring. The tour kicks off on April 21 at Stone Pony in Asbury Park, NJ, visits major markets coast-to-coast, and concludes at Irving Plaza in New York City on May 27. Check out the full confirmed itinerary below. Tickets are available for purchase here.