Joshua Bassett’s new EP has arrived, with a music video to go along with it.
The actor first teased Sad Songs in a Hotel Room, his third EP, earlier this month, while confessing to fans that his first full studio album hasn’t been completed yet.
“Sad Songs In A Hotel Room comes from a transient period of my life when I was constantly moving from hotel to Airbnb to a friend’s place, while also juggling some intense personal growth and change,” he said at the time. “Each song on the EP tells a different part of the story from that time. In some ways, these songs feel like a bridge from one chapter of my life to the next, and I felt an urgency to put them out as I finish my debut album.”
But the six tracks that make up this effort should tide them over in the meantime, providing a look into what’s been running through Bassett’s mind in recent years.
“Everyone comes here / But nobody leaves,” he sings on his second track, “LA.” “Yeah, we’re all only actors / No one’s actually happy.”
Another song, “Lifeline,” which was accompanied by a music video release, addresses his run in with heart failure in 2021.
“The doctors informed me that I had 12 hours to live,” Bassett said. “Faced with my own mortality, the first call I made was to my mother in San Diego who was on the very next flight to be by my side — she was my Lifeline."
He also announced that all earnings from this particular song and a specific t-shirt associated with it will “go towards organizations that are a lifeline for others.”
While we wait for more news about Bassett’s upcoming studio album, you can stream Sad Songs in a Hotel Room and get a taste of where his musical journey is taking him.
Rachel Kiley is presumably a writer and definitely not a terminator. She can usually be found crying over queerbaiting in the Pitch Perfect franchise or on Twitter, if not both.
Rachel Kiley is presumably a writer and definitely not a terminator. She can usually be found crying over queerbaiting in the Pitch Perfect franchise or on Twitter, if not both.
