[Cover photo credit to Eliot Hubert] 

Los Angeles-based Indie Rock/Pop trio Night Talks have released the single “People Pleaser” with a video. It’s a track in which they “learn to put themselves first”, where the band celebrates “prioritizing one’s desires and setting boundaries.” The song was written with producer Eric Palmquist (Bad Suns, Tate McRae, half•alive).  

Soraya Sebghati (vocals) says:

‘People Pleaser’ is a celebratory song about overcoming your tendencies to put everyone else first, and not wasting time with a person who makes you bend for them constantly. Lyrically, we wanted it to be vague whether it’s about a friend or a partner, since this kind of dynamic can apply to any relationship.

Jacob Butler (guitar, synth, vocals) says of the production:

We tried to create something more sparse than songs we’ve done before, with fewer layers that each serve to either be either funky or percussive; even the acoustic guitars feel more like shakers in the track.

The accompanying dreamy video was shot at the band’s own Night Talks HQ.

Butler says:

We shot on three different cameras, one regular, one with an old TV zoom lens, and a VHS, so that gave the video a bit of a multimedia effect that added to the daydreaming angle.

Officially formed in 2014, Night Talks is made up of three life-long friends Soraya Sebghati (vocals), Jacob Butler (guitar, synth, vocals), and Josh Arteaga (bass, synth, vocals) who were all born and raised in Los Angeles.