Role Model Shares Music Video For ‘The Longest Goodbye’ Featuring Laufey
The charming duet follows the deluxe edition of Role Model’s ‘Kansas Anymore’ album.
Role Model’s “The Longest Goodbye” single just got even more heartfelt with a new duet version featuring Icelandic singer Laufey, which is now accompanied by an official music video.
Directed by Neema Sadeghi, the black-and-white video plays on the song’s vulnerability, showcasing the singers sharing a microphone while a band plays vintage instruments. The pair’s tender tones blend beautifully together, as they carry the emotional toll of the lyrics.
“Now you’re changing and moving, I’ll take my ass to Houston / ‘Cause I don’t think you love me anymore,” Role Model confesses while Laufey later responds with, “Instead of blaming and bruising and watching what I’m losing / I don’t think I lovе you anymore”.
“The video is actually us recording the take that we put out,” Role Model shared in an Instagram Story. “Ain’t no lip-syncing, no match cutting. We put two cameras in there, because we recorded the original version in Noah’s living room with that mic. Miss Laufey was kind enough to come in and do that. Nothing fake about it, because that’s just super vulnerable and raw and honest of us. That’s what music is about.”
Role Model’s original solo version of “The Longest Goodbye” appeared on Kansas Anymore (The Longest Goodbye), the deluxe edition of his album that was released in February.
“I asked her to come sing it on stage during my LA show, and as soon as I heard her sing the first line of the second verse I was like, ‘Oh, we need to record this’”, Role Model told V Man of working with Laufey. “I couldn’t think of a better voice to sing that song. Her voice is timeless, and that was kind of the word of the day when I was originally writing that song last year. I wanted to end the album with a very sonically timeless and classic song, and her voice brought it there for me.”
Role Model is gearing up for the UK/European leg of his No Place Like Tour (The Longest Goodbye), which kicks off at London’s Eventim Apollo on November 4. Before then, the singer will perform in New York City as part of the Citi Concert Series on “TODAY” on August 29, reunite with Gracie Adams as the special guest on select dates of her summer tour, and perform at various festivals including Lollapalooza Chicago, Outside Lands, Austin City Limits and more.
