Of all the titles you could give to Valley Boy, the one he can’t seem to shake is being called a child of divorce. As he continues teasing his upcoming debut concept album Children Of Divorce, he unveils the next single “Naruto.” Thinly veiling a greater pain behind a playful, easy-listening kind of song, he sings of the cartoons that provided a necessary escape in his young age — official video directed by Cole Silberman and Stone Taul.
Valley Boy shared, “This one is a fun one — I go back in time to being twelve watching anime with my older brother to cope with my dad abandoning us! It’s written a little playful and childish to convey the age I was.”
Born in the San Fernando Valley, from where he takes his name, Valley Boy spent the beginning of his career lending writing and production skills to the likes of Sabrina Carpenter, Troye Sivan and Dua Lipa. Most recently, he co-wrote the chart-topping “Handlebars (ft. Dua Lipa)” on JENNIE’s debut solo album Ruby and on Chezile’s latest EP AlÄ“. But with an unseen tether pulling him back to creating his own music, Valley Boy found that he was having soul-crushing fun weaving together stirring vignettes from his childhood and of the people who made it up on his upcoming debut album.
As Valley Boy continues sharing songs from his forthcoming debut album, he’s released a string of singles this year while touring alongside LAUREL and Chezile, including “Happy All The Time” and “Gollum.”
