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ZZK Records Presents Jackie Mendoza’s Pedacitos
'Pedacitos' (Little Pieces), the first single from her upcoming album, 'Galaxia de Emociones', was written and produced by Jackie Mendoza and Rusty Santos (Animal Collective, Panda Bear). The song reflects on how depression and addiction have affected her friends and family, some of which have died by suicide, and how it is a mirror to her own struggles with mental health. 'Pedacitos' is a letter to the friends she has lost, revealing what she wishes she had told them. The song is sung in Spanish on top of melancholic layers of ukulele, flickering synths, and a pulsating beat.
The song, ‘Pedacitos’ was written and recorded in November, 2019 in Los Angeles, CA while Jackie was still living in Brooklyn, NY. The idea for the music video came about soon after with friend Jo Shaffer (The Ophelias). A date was set to shoot the video in March of 2020 and unknowingly the world would go into lockdown due to the pandemic. Mendoza and Shaffer reunited in the summer of 2022 to bring their vision to life. The story follows Jackie falling in and out of a dreamlike world, animated by Shaffer, where the lines of reality are constantly blurred. Inspired by the music video for Evanescence’s ‘Bring Me to Life’, ‘Pedacitos’ combines uncanny, static urban landscapes with twisting camerawork. The video showcases Shaffer’s 3D animation collaged with live action footage and DIY motion capture to evoke the feeling of dissociating from the mundane.
'Pedacitos' single and music video will be released on all digital platforms on December 7th, 2022.
'Galaxia de Emociones' will be released on vinyl, cassette, and all digital platforms on March 3rd, 2023
lyrics
(Verso 1)
¿Te incomoda ser tú mismo?
Me lastima verte así
Tan despedazado
Eres un espejo
De mi futuro y de mi pasado
lo veo y se rompe en pedacitos
te veo perdiendo el ritmo
Trastornos de equilibrio
Hecho pedacitos
(Coro x2)
No sabes lo que te mereces
Es más simple de lo que parece
No sabes lo que te mereces
Es más simple de lo que parece
(Verso 2)
Tu valor es más que el oro
Más alto que los rascacielos
si lo niegas y te caes
Puedo ser tu red de seguridad
Puedes dormir en paz
Puedo ver tus lágrimas
Puedes desecharlas
Entierra tus pecados en la tierra
romper las cadenas
En pedacitos
¿Te incomoda ser tú mismo?
(Coro x4)
No sabes lo que te mereces
Es más simple de lo que parece
No sabes lo que te mereces
Es más simple de lo que parece
English Translation:
Little Pieces
(Verse 1)
Does it bother you to be yourself?
It hurts me to see you this way
So broken
You’re a mirror of my future and my past
I see at it and it breaks
I see you losing rhythm
Shifting equilibrium
You break into little pieces
(Chorus)
You don’t know what you deserve
It’s more simple than it seems
You don’t know what you deserve
It’s more simple than it seems
(Verse 2)
Your worth is more than gold
Higher than skyscrapers
If you doubt it and you fall
I can be your safety net
You can sleep in peace
I can see your tears
You can release them
Bury your sins into the ground
And break the chains that bind you into little pieces
Does it bother you to be yourself?
(Chorus)
You don’t know what you deserve
It’s more simple than it seems
You don’t know what you deserve
It’s more simple than it seems
credits
from Galaxia de Emociones,
track released December 7, 2022
Written by Jackie Mendoza and Rusty Santos
Produced and Mixed by Rusty Santos
Mastered by Mike Bozzi
Dearest Arooj, firstly thank you. My brother died this year n what can be said about such loss n sadness. I saw n heard you at The end of the Road in England. I spent many years in India n love all the music, poetry of your heritage. Thankyou Arooj❤️ ben1769
La dame aux robes...j'adore son look en spectacle. J'ai une photo d'elle lorsqu'elle se déplaçait avec son équipe. Elle était très protégée à l'époque dans mes souvenirs. Lavinie Cloutier
Synth-heavy DIY indie pop from the ascendent UK singer-songwriter, distinguished by his texturally rich, softly contoured sound. Bandcamp New & Notable Dec 6, 2023
"Sweet boy, you know you look just like your mother...I know, another lost soul..." Right in the chest when I first heard and every time after. X A I N
