FOMO

by Bo Milli

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(25th November) Bergen, Norway based rising star Bo Milli has released her new single "FOMO", co-produced by Mikhael Paskalev (Sløtface) and Odd Martin (Sigrid, AURORA).

Bo Milli writes brutally honest indie pop songs that perfectly articulate the struggles of an entire generation. Making complicated subjects sound like the soundtrack of your next favourite coming-of-age movie, the 21-year-old Norwegian musician is quickly proving herself to be an essential new voice in music, having already been highlighted as one of the standout performers at this year's edition of by:Larm Festival in Oslo.

The newly released single "FOMO" brings together hyper-self aware and at times self-deprecating lyricism, with shrewd observations of her digital-obsessed generation. From its opening salvo ["you make me feel dumb / waiting for you to text first / I did five days ago / I counted"], Bo Milli expertly captures the surreality of young adulthood, atop a bed of eclectic surging indie rock.

Speaking more on the track, Bo Milli said:

"I like writing lyrics that sketch out what someone would say to another person if they were actually honest. In that vein, FOMO is about the breaking point in a casual relationship where I lose my cool — in a very literal sense: while that other person is out partying with cool people, I’m unable to hide my true feelings on the matter, unable to stay emotionally distant and hard-to-get. It’s about losing a game you’ve been engaged in with someone because you care more. And it’s about the 'fear of missing out' that constant digital insight into other people's life has fostered."

lyrics

Why don’t you take a risk for once?
you make me feel dumb
waiting for you to text first
I did five days ago
I counted, makes it worse

that I see you partying without me
you make that kind of thing look easy

Of course, you found the coolest party in the city
wondering why you wouldn’t think to invite me

I’m embarrassing myself here
just so we’re clear
straight up I’m asking if we’re
something you’d ever consider
God, I’m so self-aware
I know how I sound in that text right there
do you care? do you care?
Whether or not I’m there

that I see you partying without me
you make that kind of thing look easy

Of course, you found the coolest party in the city
wondering why you wouldn’t think to invite me
Of course, you found the coolest party in the city
wondering why you wouldn’t think to invite me

You make me feel dumb
sitting at home
wondering if you’re out with someone
staring at my phone

that I see you partying without me
you make that kind of thing look easy

Of course, you found the coolest party in the city
wondering why you wouldn’t think to invite me
Of course, you found the coolest party in the city
wondering why you wouldn’t think to invite me

You make me feel dumb
sitting at home
wondering if you’re out with someone
staring at my phone
I see you’re partying without me (I see you’re partying without me)
I see you’re partying without me (I see you’re partying without me)
you make that kind of thing look easy

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released November 25, 2022
Written by Emilie Røine Østebø and Mikhael Paskalev
Co-produced by Bo Milli, Odd Martin and Mikhael Paskalev

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Bo Milli Bergen, Norway

With a predisposition to self-criticise and a talent for turning that into art, Bo Milli is an essential new voice in music. Through her diaristic lyrics, the super smart environmentalist writes hook after hook as she navigates her inner conflict. And indeed, in putting her own life into words, she has unknowingly narrated our collective existential angst. ... more

discography

Come After Me

Aug 2023
Making Friends

Jun 2023
Good Kid

Jan 2023
FOMO

Nov 2022
How it is

Aug 2022
At The Wheel

Mar 2022
I'm In

Sep 1986

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