Out Music: Ria Mae Feat. Frank Kadillac "Hold Me"

Ria Mae debuts new music video "Hold Me"

Queer artist Ria Mae recently released the video for her single, “Hold Me,” featuring Frank Kadillac.

The music video follows Mae and Kadillac as they wander the evening streets of a colorful city.

The lyrics underscore the irony that while social media has fooled us into thinking we are more connected, the truth is we are becoming quite the opposite.

"People [will say things online] they'd never say in person," Mae recently told OUT. "If you're in the same room as someone, those words are not even gonna come out."

Navigating their way through the complicated, often-deafening social landscape of adulthood, they wistfully remember back the pure, simpler ease of childhood.

I've been blinded by headlights
Wanna move, wanna move but I'm paralyzed
Heaven help us I'm helpless
I'm just tryna keep my head up high
I remember in the 10th grade
We used to hit snooze and lie and we weren't even trying
These days the sirens they cut through the silence
Can we turn down the violence?

“The song started as a conversation between Frank, myself and Lowell,” says Mae of the evolution of the song. “We were sharing how lately we felt unsure of how to engage online and remain positive in the current social climate."

"We were talking about how easy life used to feel when we were young and how anxious a lot of our peers seem to be right now," she added. "I wanted the visuals to represent a deep long for peace from this deafening social landscape.”

Ria was nominated for “Pop Album of the Year” at the 2018 JUNO awards for her last EP.

In 2016, Ria also earned a JUNO nomination for “Single of the Year” for her platinum-selling hit “Clothes Off” that has over 13-million streams worldwide.

Check out "Hold Me" below.