Quick-fix culture, the talons of a wellbeing industry sinking into unsuspecting skin and elusive contentment all play a role in the return of “Jennifer Aniston“, the ominous electro-noir single from Glasgow’s multi-disciplinary femme mystérieuse, Goodnight Louisa.
Lifted from the deluxe edition of her second album, Marathon, the track is remixed by Mute Records’ Maps, submersing the original’s infectious synth-pop hooks into deep fathoms of euphoric instrumentation.
Asking the simple question: “Wouldn’t we all like to look like ‘Jennifer Aniston’?”, the musician, home-producer and occasional actor, Louise McCraw borrows the image of the Friends TV and film superstar to sing salient points on image fixation, irretrievable youth and the precious commodity of time being undervalued. The second in a series of singles that appropriated famously strong and uncompromising female stars, following “Grace Jones” and preceding “Drew Barrymore“, the original release of the fiercely upbeat “Jennifer Aniston” drove home McCraw’s playful storytelling style and precision musicianship.
Marathon, the latest Goodnight Louisa album, following the critical success of 2022’s Human Danger debut, has earned its name from McCraw’s sense of exhaustion in pulling together a new, 12-track album of personal and universally truthful sketches on attraction, gender and awkward introspection.
“Jennifer Aniston (Maps Remix)”, reworked by the Mercury Award-nominated musician and producer also known as James Chapman, appears on the deluxe version of the album alongside a C Duncan remix of McCraw’s popular single, “Actor.“
