Maple Glider has shared ‘Baby Tiger’ from her upcoming debut album To Enjoy is the Only Thing. The single comes with an accompanying video featuring her flatmate’s cat, Coriander, and directed by Bridgette Winten. Check it out below.
In a statement, the project’s Tori Zietsch explained:
‘Baby Tiger’ was written soon after I’d returned home from Brighton. I was really struggling with my mental health, but I was going out and kind of using dating as a distraction from dealing with it. It never really worked. I’d just end up feeling worse when I was alone. Coriander hates closed doors. She’ll always want to know what you’re doing on the other side. It kind of became comforting to hear her scratch at my door. It was something that felt constant and unwavering and regular at a time when I was a bit vacant. Her energy made me feel lighter. I’m very detached from the ‘man’ I address in the song, but I beg for him to comfort me. Though I am feeling unwell, I am pretty certain that it is temporary. I know that ‘I’ll come back to me soon.’ My housemate says she sees this as a kind of happy song because it features Coriander, and I really love that perspective, because even though I was in a bad place when I wrote it, there is an element of hopefulness.
To Enjoy is the Only Thing arrives on June 25 via Partisan. Maple Glider previously shared the singles ‘Swimming’, ‘As Tradition’, and ‘Good Thing’.