STAY a LITTLE WHILE

A seductive invitation over an urban groove

Munich, GERMANY – Progressive pop band, Magnetic Bonbons, is releasing its first original single “Stay a Little While” on all platforms on April 22, 2022.

“Stay a Little While” (2:39) is a medium tempo song with an urban hip hop beat under a dark, jazzy R&B guitar groove. It narrates a first date where the sexual chemistry becomes the protagonist. This song is not about Mr. Right, but about Mr. Right Now.

The vocals are sexy and urban with a touch of film noir. They are complemented by a soulful baritone guitar. Intimate and provocative, the beat will make your body groove.

“We knew early on that this would be our first single,” says Veronica Cancio De Grandy, lead singer and co-founder. “It flowed so easily,” adds Filip Dascalu, multi-instrumentalist, producer and co-founder, “the main idea for the arrangement just flowed, and the rest was just a lot of polishing.”

Filip (FIDAS) & Veronica (Miss V) formed Magnetic Bonbons, in Munich in early 2019 after playing together on other projects. The band’s sound falls somewhere between progressive and retro pop. But the band believes in giving each song what it asks for in terms of style and feel.

Their music has a mix of acoustic and electronic sounds with a distinct vintage flavor. Always looking for the story in the song, they take care that the music and words complement each other. The band’s artistic influences include the Beatles, Norah Jones, Sting, Pink Martini, Amy Winehouse and Vaya con Dios, among others.

VIDEO CONCEPT

The Stay a Little While video is a love letter to the ASMR & Online Content communities.

It tells the story of a high-end patron that has won or purchased an ASMR “get ready with me” experience from a creator. The experience lies somewhere between sensuality and relaxation. The patron arrives home to find a big present waiting for him which contains the QR code to access his experience. We will see him accompany the creator aurally as she gets ready to go out, he reacts to her sounds and laughs when she makes funny faces.

The video is a commentary on the perceived intimacy between online creators and their followers; what exchange happens?

There are two versions of the music video: one traditional video with the original music track, and a special ASMR edition of the video where the band mixes the original ASMR content recorded while filming, a special ASMR vocal track and the original background music.

Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response, or ASMR, is a physical reaction of the body to aural or visual stimulation. There are 13+ million ASMR videos online and influencers with millions of followers. OnlyFans is an internet content subscription service where content creators earn money via subscriptions, it has 170+m subscribers and 1.5m content creators.

PRODUCTION

The production was on location, in Munich, as part of an innovative, international, project where Magnetic Bonbons worked with producer Betina Mazzarino and director Rubén Andón; both award recipients at Cannes, the Clios and ranked highly by the Gunn Report.

The idea, concept development, direction and production planning was done over six months in English and Spanish.

The video was filmed over two days with a small crew of 7 people on location in Munich. The directing was done live from Buenos Aires. This meant the director was directing via Zoom at 2 a.m. (GMT-3). The production was also multilingual and the concept completely original.

80% of the ASMR sound for the video was recorded live during filming with a dedicated sound team, the rest was punched in afterwards in the studio using foleys.

TECH SPECS

The video was filmed with a €600 budget on an iPhone 12 Pro using Filmic (Per Apple, Lady Gaga used its iPhone 11 Pro and the Filmic Pro app to shoot her ‘Stupid Love’ music video).