ben clemo isn’t here to sugarcoat anything — and his new single “Everything Looks Strange On TV” makes that clear from the jump. This is a song born from watching the world unfold in real time and feeling that low-level terror sink in, the kind that nudges you back into creation because staying silent just isn’t an option anymore.
Created alongside his closest collaborators, Spiritparty and Blakey, the track feels deeply personal but carefully transformed. What started as something raw and fragile was shaped into something bigger, almost unrecognisable from its original state — “turned into a butterfly,” as ben puts it. Recorded while staying at his mum’s place last summer, much of the song was laid down on the bedroom floor in Barry, giving it an intimacy that seeps into every moment.
There’s no grand concept to over-explain here. The song is the moment. ben clemo captures the uneasy feeling of living through something you can’t quite process yet — that sense that reality feels distorted, distant, and slightly unreal when filtered through screens. The title says it all: everything looks strange on TV, especially when it’s happening right in front of us.
The recording process mirrors that stripped-back honesty. Vocals captured while lying on the floor, emotion first, polish later. Then his friends stepped in to build around it, letting the feeling lead rather than forcing structure. There are no upcoming shows, no big rollout statements — just a quiet insistence that the music speaks for itself. And honestly? It does.
‘Everything Looks Strange On TV’ is a raw snapshot of unease, friendship, and the urge to create when the world starts feeling unreal.
