Wish You Would

Album: Unusual (2018)
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  • This Unusual track was released as a single on April 14, 2018 ahead of Marian Hill's performance at Coachella. The duo released this statement about the song:

    "'Wish You Would' is all about tension. The chord progression oscillates between two chords a half step apart, never quite resolving, and the lyrics are all about wishing something could happen while knowing it cannot. You want someone, but they're unavailable. And you're actually unavailable as well. But sometimes that only makes the wanting more powerful. 'Wish You Would' hangs perpetually in that state of almost, and the sneaky sweetness that comes with it."

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