Winter Enlists Horse Jumper of Love for New Single ‘Misery’

Winter has shared a new song, ‘Misery’, a vulnerable, affecting preview of her forthcoming album Adult Romantix. The track, which follows ‘Just Like a Flower’, features Horse Jumper of Love’s Dimitri Giannopoulos. Check it out below.

“This song was written with my friend Alex Craig,” Samira Winter explained. At first, we imagined a fictional story about being in love with someone who was unavailable, leaning into the romanticization of indulging in a kind of sadness. However, during the recording process, the story of Elliott Smith’s love and tragic death came up, which in turn inspired the song title and the rest of the lyrics written by Dimitri. The song was originally written at a faster tempo, but we discovered that slowing it down on the tape machine created an interesting androgynous effect on my voice.”

Dimitri Giannopoulos added: “I was excited when Samira hit me up to sing on her track – she told me some of the backstory of the song, how it was a nod to Elliott Smith. That made me want to channel the inspiration he has given me as a songwriter and in my vocal delivery. Samira’s clear vision of what the song needed to be made it easy to write a verse with her and I’m happy with the way it came out.”

Adult Romantix is out August 22. Revisit our Artist Spotlight interview with Winter, and read our inspirations interview with Horse Jumper of Love.