Summer Nixon is back with a new single that’s sultry and emotionally knotted. “Maraschino Cherries” had been a lighthearted exercise in songwriting, beat-making, and lyrical craft, but it had blossomed into something much deeper and darker than that. A practice track has become a luscious confession about desire, regret, and sweet revenge.
Riding on her signature brand of genre-flouting alt-R&B, Nixon taps into that post-breakup headspace where loneliness and longing intersect in a smoky haze of conflicting emotions. The production is drony but moody, guiding her hypnotic vocals through an intimate yet cinematic journey. There is something almost addictive in the way she walks that line between vulnerability and control.
“Maraschino Cherries” is a reflection of that confusing, messy, and beautiful mess of craving someone you know you shouldn’t. A master of combining poetic detail with immaculate aesthetics, Nixon confirms once more that she is a full-body experience.
When your visual world is just as riveting as what you’re saying and the following grows after each release, there’s nothing left to do but occupy your space and carry your light, which is exactly what Summer Nixon is doing.” And as this track makes clear, that’s how she’s here to stay as a creative force who knows precisely how to channel emotional turbulence into irresistible art.