Just to make sure you’re not mistaken: this is not a new single by the Pretenders, called Stars. This is Montreal indie-pop veterans Stars’ new single Pretenders. It’s the first track to be taken off their upcoming album From Capelton Hill, which will be out on 27 May. This long-player, their first in five years, is named after a place in North Hatley, Quebec.

Pretenders, a timeless pop song, features the line ‘We laid our bets, we made our beds on staying young forever’. Referencing said lyric, singer Amy Millan says she wrote Pretenders as a ‘love letter’ to co-vocalist Torquil Campbell and the band’s origins. “When we wrote all those songs 20 years ago, we were young. That’s what being in a band is: you’re putting down your chips on feeling young and being young. It doesn’t necessarily work out because time does its thing.” Campbell adds: “Obviously, we lost that bet. But we are young in the moment of singing it. That’s the incredible thing about music: you are young in the moment of singing that line, even if you’re 80.”

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Werner Schlosser

I’m a music industry watcher and journalist. Worked at a CD club, a record store chain and was editor in chief of an entertainment trade magazine. Have been in the radio business since 1987, producing and presenting shows. Was music director of several stations. Also, I developed the European Border Breakers Chart, Music Moves Europe Talent Chart and ESNS Chart. CEO of Werner Bros. tekst | uitleg.