inside outside i don’t know
feel the snowfall
on my soul
cold prince king is me
FerrariLover has spent the past year rebuilding everything, from a studio to a sense of self. After a 2023 hiatus, Ferrari Kilian Wyland devoted themselves to expanding their workspace and reassessing their direction. They returned with three singles: Dreamstate, Ice Eyesss, and Cold Prince King, which feel deliberate, focused, and newly assured. The voice at the center of these tracks sounds settled into itself. There’s clarity and ownership there.
Going forward under the name Ferrari Kilian – Ferrari their legal middle name, Kilian a nod to French heritage and a lifelong admiration for French art and perfumery, marks more than a cosmetic change. Raised speaking French, immersed in New Wave cinema and postmodern philosophy, FerrariLover draws from a distinctly European reverence for the arts. That sensibility threads through the music: austere, romantic, attentive to detail.
Culturally, there’s a throughline that connects Southern California upheaval, childhood memories of a lumberman father, studies in Italy, and an enduring attachment to European artistic traditions. FerrariLover references the Kurt Cobain documentary About a Son as a touchstone, as recognition of the solitary dedication required to build a body of work from modest means.
The new material emerged during a period of displacement. Living in Malibu during the fire, FerrariLover left before total devastation, much of their studio packed away. Working with limited gear and new synth plugins, they refined their production approach, leaning into precision. The result is leaner, more controlled. Elements of grunge abrasion, synthwave gloss, and coldwave restraint coexist without crowding one another. There’s a fluidity to the perspective that runs through the work; a resistance to rigid frames, an ease with occupying space between poles. The vocals carry a poised duality: strength and vulnerability held in tension, bringing to mind Alien Sex Fiend, Virgin Prunes, Corpus Delicti, and Skinny Puppy.
Dreamstate moves with a measured coolness, its textures tightly controlled yet deliberately muffled, as if heard through smoked glass. A plodding pulse carries it forward, slightly creepy, deliberate in its pace. FerrariLover inhabits a self-fashioned throne in the sky, broadcasting while cruising a dusty coastline, bending time and perception to personal will. Love feels glacial, luminous but distant, refracted through a simulated world where identity reigns supreme. Palace, rocket, perfume, light..,the images smear together in a surreal decree of authorship. There’s even a trace of Alien Sex Fiend’s I Walk the Line in the gait: off-kilter, eerie, and unwavering.
Ice Eyesss sharpens the edges, stepping forward with a gothic gravity and a steady, marching beat that feels almost sinister at first pass. The song moves like a mantra, mystery repeated until it hardens into form. Divine references flicker through the frame, but the emotional temperature stays cool. Repetition becomes armour, a rhythmic shield. The vocals hover high and distant, suspended in the atmosphere, projecting detachment with precision. There’s power in that remove: a calculated opacity, an insistence on remaining unreadable, untouchable, operating on another plane from the very first bar.
Cold Prince King carries a stately chill, moving with the measured pace of a lone sovereign crossing frost and ether. Interior and exterior blur, yet authority remains intact. Snow drifts over the soul as seconds slide by. Royal symbols and cosmic seclusion scent the air with cool command. It feels like FerrariLover stretching their aesthetic to its limit; drawing it tight, checking its endurance, while eerie echoes trail behind plodding bass and icy, erratic guitar lines.
FerrariLover describes a lifelong existential tension that finds release in music. The darkwave scene, they say, feels like home. Listening to these recent singles, what stands out is an artist aligning sound, identity, and intention with increasing confidence. The ambition is modest and sincere: to reach listeners one by one. On the evidence of these releases, that slow, careful growth feels not only possible, but well-earned.
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