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. The song was released on October 15, 2012 through

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, as the lead single from his third studio album ''

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'' (2013). Toro y Moi is the recording project of musician Chaz Bundick, who wrote, produced, engineered, mixed, and performed all instrumentation on the track.

Background

Bundick, in an announcement accompanying the song's release, called it an attempt "to make sincere pop music that’s not all processed and bubblegum." The song was first shared on

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on October 15, 2012; a special

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containing a

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of the song with

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saw release on

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on November 23 of that year. This combination was made available for digital download on December 3, 2012. The song's

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, shot by directing duo HARRYS and photographed in

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, was uploaded on December 12, 2012. The video stars Bundick and actress Sarah Stephens; writer Jeremy D. Larson descrribed its concept: " he clip featuresBundick staring despondently into the camera recalling the all the many details of an equally despondent lady."

Reception

Ian Cohen at

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felt the song "marks another leap in oro y Moi'ssongwriting and production by way of working in the art of seduction." Sam Weiss at ''

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'' considered it more upbeat than his previous work, calling it "distinctly Bundick, spacey production and all." Jamie Milton, writing for ''

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'' called its varying instrumentation "distracting in its sheer novelty, but after a few listens everything slots into place, every previously conflicting element feels like it belongs."

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's Corban Goble found it "one of the weirdest things undick'sever done." Drew Millard at ''

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'' described the tune as "a slow burn, fusing spacey

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with the electronics of his first album, ''

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''. Think

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, crossed with

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", at a syrup-sippingly slow pace."

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of ''Anything in Return''. * Chaz Bundick – design, engineering, layout, mixing, performer, production * Patrick Brown – engineering, mixing * Jorge Hernandez – second engineering * Joe Lambert – mastering

References

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