Red Ribbon - "YSFP"

Photo by Kelsey Hart

The latest from Red Ribbon is one of the best break up songs we've heard all year. Emma Danner's musical project just released "YSFP," an acronym for You're So Fucking Pretty, and it's just dripping with raw emotion. The song could easily have been a lovely little pop song, but Danner's vocals are much too rough for that, and the music is just... odd. There's a sense of 90's style indie rock throughout the song, which keeps it from ever getting truly pretty. It's almost like the song was originally intended to be the pretty pop song it wants to be, but emotions and heartache got in the way and we're left with the brilliant result of "YSFP."

Emma Danner says of her latest single:

“To work up the courage to write this, I had to fool myself into thinking I was writing about one of my best friend's wedding. I wanted to say ‘You’re So Fucking Pretty’ in a sense of awe to her because she is so beautiful to me. But it became so obvious that this is a breakup song. And that this record is so much about—although not entirely—that ending. I tend to have clarity in my work before I have clarity in my mind. So many times, I’ve written about something only to see it come to fruition later. I need to be careful about it. I presume it works the way that many things do: thoughts turn into words, which turn into action, which turns into reality. It’s not like magic or anything, it’s just how it goes.”

You can watch the video for "YSFP" below. Red Ribbon's self-titled album is due out November 1 on Danger Collective Records, and is available for pre-order through Bandcamp. For more on Red Ribbon, check out the artist on Instagram and Facebook.