SAN ROMAN, the solo music project of multi-disciplinary artist Alexa San Román, has released her new single, “Rain Cloud” today. Carried by upbeat, pop-punk guitars which contrast perfectly with darker lyrical content, the song tells the story of how Alexa navigated a difficult time in her life, feeling as if that rain cloud was constantly hanging over her head. Listen to it now below.
About the song, Alexa says, “‘Rain Cloud’ was one of the first songs written for this album. When I was a kid I had asked my mom for a painting of a sky and clouds on my ceiling in my bedroom… So one day when I was at school she had someone come to paint it. I had always envisioned a cartoony bright blue and white sky but she decided to go with a more renaissance classical painter. Needless to say the joke became that it always looked like it was just about to rain in my room. After going through a very difficult time in my adulthood I found myself back in my childhood bedroom writing this song…so I figured why not shoot the entire video in the room.”
The music video, filmed in Alexa’s childhood bedroom, finds Alexa moving around her room attempting to kill time as the day drags on. We see the time pass, going from morning to night to symbolize an entire day of going in a mental circle and getting lost in your own head.
“Rain Cloud” follows the previously released tracks “Messy,” a nostalgic, pop/rock anthem that reflects on the mess that our lives can sometimes and “Stay Where You Are,” a hard-hitting alt/rock song about people who don’t want to put in the work to change their bad habits, and blame everyone else in the process.