From the immediate riff and strong beat, “This Is How I Lost My Friends” gets listeners moving from the off. Produced by the song’s co-writer Michael Adubato, the track is a guitar-led pop masterclass that showcases Laraw’s clean vocals.
A tri-linguist (French, English and Arabic) with Lebanese and Moroccan roots, Laraw has found many ways to express herself and her heritage, but they all come together in her music. It’s therefore no surprise that “This Is How I Lost My Friends” is her coping mechanism for a tough and traumatic year.
“It’s all the voices in my head / I’m sorry if I’m overwhelmed / This is how I lost my friends” Laraw sings, her words sitting perfectly in the mix and aptly becoming the voice in your head as you listen. Peppy and upbeat, this chiptune-inflected song is a great product from to come out of a crappy year, and as well as apologising to her friends, the song is Laraw’s way of apologising to herself.
