Nashville-based singer-songwriter-producer Mokita (aka John-Luke Carter) has released his new single “Who’s Gonna Love Me Now?” today. The track arrives alongside a new music video, directed by Zack Pigg (Nightly, Stand Atlantic). It is the title-track from his forthcoming EP, Who’s Gonna Love Me Now? out this spring via Nettwerk. The vulnerable new track finds Mokita laying his heart on the line with emotional vocals and chilled-out instruments.
Mokita said of the song, “This song is about starting over. When you get to the end of a great relationship, you’re forced to come to terms with the fact that you have to start all over. It’s scary letting go of someone, especially when you were so comfortable with them, and you felt like they really knew you. Opening yourself back up after hurt is always incredibly hard. This song just deals with the emotions that go on when you’re figuring out how to move on and let someone go.”
Mokita expressed of the music video, “The vision for the ‘Who’s Gonna Love Me Now’ video was super simple. I wanted to try and bring in something that I hadn’t used before so worked up this idea to use a green screen and have these fake clouds and I’d be sort of floating in the sky. It’s always fun working with Zach, who has been doing all my videos for a while, because he’s able to bring to life some of these ideas. I just wanted the video to match some of the emotions that the song brings out and I think it turned out sick.”
Regarding his next month’s EP Who’s Gonna Love Me Now?, Mokita reveals, “The songs on this EP were written during a time where I was listening to less pop music and more folk, old country, and a bunch of different bands. One of the things I love about producing my own music is that I get to experiment with different genres and different sounds. When I first started creating music under Mokita, I felt this weird obligation to make all the music sound the same so it could have a cohesive sound; but I got really burnt out doing that and felt like I was limiting my creativity.”
“One of the main themes of the EP was getting comfortable in your own skin. So much of the way I’ve made music in the past is about trying to be impressive to my listeners and trying to prove something. I realized that this was stealing a lot of joy from making music. I wanted this EP to be more about making music that I liked, and that I thought people could relate to. My music is always very journalistic and so what I write can change year to year depending on where I am in my life. This year has been a lot of self-discoveries, a lot of reflection on the past, and a lot of reflecting on what the future looks like. This EP deals with doubts regarding faith, and questions about addiction, loneliness, and the desire to be known. All these songs are just a page in my journal.”