The S(ex) Tapes Tracklist
The S(ex) Tapes is FLETCHER’s third EP and the follow up to August 2019’s you ruined new york city for me. In a statement, FLETCHER revealed that the EP “intimately documented [FLETCHER’s] personal journey over the last few years, including the tension between being in love and learning to stand on her own for the first time.”
“Bitter” was released as the EP’s lead single. “Feel,” “If I Hated You,” and “The One” were all released as promotional singles ahead of the EP’s release.
The S(ex) Tapes was recorded during the COVID-19 lockdown, where she was quarantined with her ex-girlfriend of 4 years, YouTuber Shannon Beveridge, who shot and directed each of the music videos from the EP. In a September 2020 interview with NYLON, FLETCHER revealed how they joined forces to produce the raw, emotional project, stating:
I think we had just been having a conversation of us just being like, “Well, what are we doing?” We’re broken up but we’re in quarantine together, and there’s so much love here, and we’ve been through so much. She’s an incredible director and photographer and makes incredible art. I love making stuff with her. Making this with her was my favorite thing that I’ve honestly ever been a part of because it was just… you’re being captured by somebody who has seen you in your most vulnerable state, naked in every sense of the word. How beautiful of a way to be able to process something that’s actually really f*cking painful? And to make it into something that can be shared and can be seen and turned into art.
Initially scheduled for a September 18 release, FLETCHER “leaked” the EP 9 days early. An hour after its release, the EP shot to the top of Apple Music’s Top Albums chart.
“The S(ex) Tapes” Q&A
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What has FLETCHER said about the EP?
In a September 2020 interview with Teen Vogue, FLETCHER said:
This EP is so much more raw. I don’t really have any answers and I don’t know what’s going to happen. I’m just really in it.
In its raw form, a sex tape is somebody in their most vulnerable form and barest state. The reason why I felt comfortable filming and doing that is because it was shot by her — by somebody that has always looked at me through a lens of the utmost love and respect and has always seen me for me
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What's FLETCHER's favorite track from the EP?
In a September 2020 interview with Teen Vogue, FLETCHER revealed that “Shh…Don’t Say It” was her favorite track because “it reminds her of the Jersey house music she listened to growing up, but also because of its honesty.”
