Sylvan Esso - Die Young [OFFICIAL]

[@MissBmoney]

For me, this song is how I feel about myself and my son. I’ve struggled with depression and suicide for a very long time. I unexpectedly became pregnant and my son is special needs and I know I have to stay alive for him. 🖤

[@khristiannemenardie-yokom3317]

Right there with you

[@SchwarzNic]

Same I said I’d last til he was 18 He now 24 and I’m about to leave this earth

[@jessedolese3767]

Yall are strong women! Keep going 💗

[@blairfredrickson8097]

As a man, I'm routing and stand with yall

[@ohajreese6592]

🙏🏿🖤🫶🏿

[@robertbirch6951]

I was a heavy metal guy when I was young. Black Sabbath's "Die Young" was an anthem especially as I was a committed motor biker at the time. Never thought I'd see 30. Happily I've achieved 63 and loving Sylvan Esso. :;)

[@lepotato135]

Aye I'm proud of you. Its hard to imagine we'd live long at all sometimes. Especially when life gets hard. 😂

[@JoachimWirtz]

Very similar story....

[@kittybtphan]

💗

[@mccumbersjared44]

This is why we breathe

[@blairfredrickson8097]

Was not expecting the ending I couldn't read first. As a 42 year old male that grew up on my parents music and the early rave scene, I feel as though my taste in music is beautiful as it gets. I'm so bummed I couldn't see her in Oct at Hula. She is a bucket list and you sir have great taste in music. I never thought I would make past 21.

[@emilywallick6310]

That moment when "I was going to die young. Now I gotta wait for you, honey" is a heartfelt message you yourself. The song takes on a whole new meaning.

[@amykakes73]

Just heard this song for the first time. I am having a moment.

[@pattpattmd3846]

Thank you for YOUR heartfelt comment. Just what I needed to hear

[@susanzoeckler4926]

Great insight -- adds layers of additional depth to this (already beautiful) song. Thank you. I'm currently rereading Carl Jung, & what you've said fits right in.

[@D4NC3Rable]

I like how you think.

[@TheHappybunnybks]

Ok so i’m crying right now because of that outlook on this song. It’s like if you die young you won’t get to know the awesome person you could’ve become

[@sheepondrugs18]

"I was gonna die young, but now I gotta wait for Johann" So great when one of your favourite bands writes a song about you

[@deez2569]

HELLO Johann😍😍

[@andrezafelix7974]

Hahhaha

[@habit719]

You're so vain You probably think this song is about you You're so vain (you're so vain) I'll bet you think this song is about you Don't you? Don't you?

[@HishighnessMrL]

@@habit719 if I could write you a song to make you fall in love

[@The00sarahc]

Johann!

[@user-vf1nt8we6i]

Sylvan - Thank you for being the woman I needed to see growing up. As a 33 year old woman, you have moved me to tears with your art, bravery, confidence, grace, poise, could go on and on but the point is your impact is so very real. Thank you from my heart to yours.

[@cuberille]

FYI - her name's not Sylvan

[@maytreyi78]

Her name is Amelia.

[@SchwarzNic]

@@cuberilledirtbag

[@cobprog]

Love Sylvan!

[@SauceStache]

Just got my tickets to see you in Charlotte!!!!! I'm dancing in my chair at work!!

[@ohitika]

Met my wife right before this song dropped and we went to see them live. It’s like part of our soundtrack.

[@danalexander2149]

They are part of the soundtrack for my GF and I too (along with Whitney, Spoon, Ween and the Silver Jews). We haven’t seen Sylvan Esso yet, but we just this morning won the pre-sale lottery for their Red Rocks (CO) show (Summer, 2023). I wish we could’ve seen the Silver Jews. I envy those who did.

[@tammyantonsen6310]

I hope too feel love one day too...greatfull n hopeful ❤

[@braylee1194]

Her voice gives me cold chills ❤️

[@SauceStache]

I seriously CAN NOT WAIT for this album to come out!! The video is amazing! You two are amazing! Amelia I love the faces you make in this video!!! Both of you are such good actors too!! AHHH my favorite band! !

[@allishamoore697]

trolls

[@SauceStache]

What? That it is a seriously thought out comment!

[@SauceStache]

You have a very strong knowledge of the english language, don't you!

[@samanthadchaney]

Trolls!! Go home

[@petuniaflower6800]

She's absolutely the most gorgeous girl ever

[@dolcedolente]

My soul is a gymnast performing back flips of joy... Cannot wait for this offering to drop!

[@LuLu-ev7bp]

My partner confessed to me he had a plan to take his own life until he met me. The world would have been so robbed of his beautiful energy. This song is my love song to him

[@lonesomelove42]

At first I was a little hesitant to this song just because Radio and Kick Jump Twist are absolute masterpieces. Sylvan Esso went above and beyond my expectations. I'm absolutely blown away! I can't wait to hear the rest of the album!

[@Yodassme]

Literally one of the best newer artists today. See them live, really great show. They sound better live then even the recordings!

[@michaelgee895]

Only 34 likes and one of my favorite songs with an entirely fantastically produced music video. How much more does anyone need to do to make it in the music industry? This song is indelible and I will never forget it. Seriously one of my standalone, favorite songs ever and, I'm so grateful I came across it. Fabulous work.

[@queniffr278]

Hell yes!! Sylvan Esso delivers again! (Side note: That lady does not fuck about when it's lipstick time.)

[@MrTigerlore]

Every song I've heard off this album is so damn solid. Sylvan Esso has fast joined the list of my favorite bands.

[@heatherb1587]

so delicious & dark, these 2 deserve acclaim & a devoted following for.their powerful combo of the.voice & the technical. perfection SE

[@jasonjackson5189]

Some songs are just awesome. This is one of them

[@LeebMilder]

This is gonna slap in my 90s

[@ohajreese6592]

Underrated comment

[@brodymilligan1334]

I saw ODESZA at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Baltimore, MD last night. I had no idea who you guys were. But I’m glad I went early, your performance was pure bliss and you have a new fan. This song was the highlight of my evening. Thank you

[@EltingMoobeam]

This music is exactly what we need. Keep on moving forward! Inspiration 💞

[@delaneyutterback3393]

Mimi... congratulations. It's simply beautiful... video and audio. So proud!

[@FakeFlowers]

love these two.... didn't think they could keep the pure quality up... gg still savage af with even more dynamic sound and vocals... so gold...

[@bluetradesgreen]

this made me laugh so hard. I about lost it at the gg.... lmao. Keep it up

[@FakeFlowers]

Lester Holt 😆😆 thanks mate

[@Stefanthenautilus]

BUT ACTUALLY THO

[@adrianax1734]

so ready for the album. Sylvan Esso is the one of the only bands that I love every song of. I keep repeating this song

[@davidmckesey7119]

can't wait for this album

[@PotooBurd]

This song helped me hang on when I really didn’t want to. Thank you

[@Eversolisa]

Two years ago I discovered this song and fell in love, only to have a friend of mine of almost my entire life commit suicide soon thereafter for reasons I will never know. The meaning and feeling of this song changed significantly for me after that, but not in a depressing kind of way. I feel like it's almost a tribute to my dear friend who I miss so much. I put it on repeat every now and then to think about him and what could have been. Miss you. Xo

[@richie616]

That's beautiful and tragic, all at the same time. I'm so sorry for your loss, but I am glad you're finding the strength to keep him alive in your memories, and in your heart.

[@Eversolisa]

@@richie616 Thank you for your kind words and wisdom! ❤️

[@di-jae920]

i am so glad i found Sylvan Esso

[@marcosnascimento3213]

I don't know what to say about this song. It´s perfect! Love it!!!!!!!

[@richardleissler4333]

Love these two!!!! They create such unique beautiful stuff!

[@robertgranat9185]

Hello everyone! There is something called a “foreshortened future”, a term that describes what happens when a person endures trauma to the point where they feel an inability to develop thoughts about their future. Instead, they grow so accustomed to surviving on a moment-by-moment basis, that the “future” begins to *feel* like a big, loud lie. They often expect to be sent off like a beautiful, loud firework. This was a belief system I carried until several months ago. I never thought I’d grow old, or be with another person, because of how “challenging” my experiences were. I found my person, she truly loves me, and together we’re building a big, bright future. I’ve been a fan of Sylvan Esso since their single radio premier, and just caught the last show of their tour the other night from the front of the pit. I danced with a room of heartbroken strangers and felt my bones shake with the bass. I watched pain turn into life with strobing lights and an incense stick up on stage. Thank you for everything, Amelia and Nick. You carried me throughout so much of adulthood. I’ll be forever grateful.

[@tinarockweiler]

How did you make yourself feel adequate and worthy of respect and confident enough to get a better life?

[@DavidWesson]

Don't you burn so .. This song has just haunted me for the last 6 months. I love it. A complete classic in my book ✨💕💕

[@goatmansmom]

Absolutely in love already

[@iraohrimchuk3515]

I had it all planned out before you met me Was gonna leave early, so swiftly Maybe in a fire or crash off a ravine People would weep, "How tragic, so early" I was gonna die young Now I gotta wait for you, honey Now I gotta wait for you, honey Now I gotta wait for you, honey I was a firecracker, baby, with something to prove Now I gotta contend with the living blues I could've missed it, I never knew Chain reaction but you're holding the fuse I was gonna die young Now I gotta wait for you, honey Now I gotta wait for you, honey Now I gotta wait for you, honey Oh, I don't mind I got the fire Electric light So high, so wild It's not like I chose Not like I tried But now I gotta wait around and watch you burn so bright I was gonna die I had…

[@Toolittletoolate2025]

Wow.. absolutely powerful and intense!! Thanks for sharing the lyrics💙💜

[@susanzoeckler4926]

Thank you thank you thank you!

[@susanzoeckler4926]

Thank you so much. The lyrics are important to me.

[@TankerTail]

So connected with this message!

[@katieknish5653]

my life has been noticeably improved by the existence of this song & video this album's gonna be killer

[@BluePaperclipify]

Absolutely so much love. My whole year is made and knowing the new album is coming out makes all the other nasty shit happening right now worth fighting.

[@possum1615]

mellow Hope it's better for you now, man.

[@obezzy4sure631]

How is this group not internationally known yet? I have been a fan for three years now. Love all the way From Nigeria.

[@secreus5517]

so glad esso is on the trending page 👌👌 loved hskt and sleepy bruises

[@vonveet1548]

they are awesome! cant wait to see them in oakland

[@charitysghost1207]

They keep making my new favorite song.

[@notrelevant3453]

Two years later... same.

[@Mr436359]

A powerful sound ! Greatings from Switzerland

[@baddayonmars3890]

I know I am pretty fuckin late, I was a huge fan of Britney Murphy, watching the doc on hbo bought me here ….this song to me will always make me think of her now 😞….also happy to have found a new talented artist in you sylvan 🙌🏿

[@azulrolex8001]

Same here. I teared up hearing this in the second episode after hearing about her life in the first episode

[@techhousegroover9907]

Same !

[@jaythomas468]

As someone who spent their entire teens and 20s trying to “flame out” as gloriously as possible in a cavalcade of booze and drugs, I feel like this song should be my anthem now that I’m pushing 40 (oh, and I should probably add that I’ve been sober FOR YEARS).😊

[@SaamanSei]

You both are so good together! you do great work! can't wait for more and hope to see you in France once

[@cranesofaustin3826]

There is nothing better than this. Love it, y'all!

[@Lerkero]

I'm gonna die young if this album isn't released soon

[@Lauren-gf4vh]

Lerkero I'm gonna die young if this album releases

[@SauceStache]

Thats what im saying

[@seangarner2687]

April 28

[@peterr6214]

lol

[@FOXFORCE]

Lerkero Starry Hilder made a teaser of this song on my channel if you want to see!

[@emersonhammel9479]

I just found this artist yesterday and this song got me hooked! I now have her on repeat 24/7... She is aaaammmaazing!

[@Specificpickle]

I ALWAYS come back to this song! It's so good! Sylvan Esso never lets me down :)

[@JessicaOrban3606]

That synth is perfection! Love these guys

[@malemanipulator]

The Fault In Our Stars vibe is strong in this one.

[@katiealanna]

Her voice is out of this world

[@yohance35]

The lyrics to this are weirdly, morbidly romantic

[@rckrrkcr3814]

Romantic in that love defeated her desire to achieve a certain poetic timelessness in an early death.

[@okapiatear]

It's a very happy song

[@freeme1071]

They are getting much, much better.

[@georgianunn3901]

My new favorite song! 😍😍

[@zomzilove]

hot. beyond perfect

[@thedarkener]

That synth melody is soooo sick. It's like an oldschool NES Metroid-era game or something.

[@rainbow28453]

thedarkener You need to watch them live on KEXP

[@vegaschilltrap]

its just a bass with distortion on it bud. : )

[@kane2512]

When that shit kicks in... ooooooo boy

[@jdavis.fw303]

In the most basic sense yes, it is bass with some form of distortion (most likely just a triangle wave oscillator sound to begin with but hard to know). But really it's probably a multi layered bass synth sound. It's likely 2 or 3 completely separate bass synth sounds and from the sound of it they are not always layered in the same way or some kind of after effects were used to emphasize certains notes or transitions. Watch good electronic music artists make their songs and you realize almost no sound you here on a song is just some preset with one effect on it. I own a Roland Gaia synth and it has 3 layers you can individually edit for any sound, some sounds only use one and others use three, each with different effects applied to each one. It's daunting but you realize quickly there is a reason you can't just walk up to a synth and hit a few notes and get good sounds, that's not what anything good you have heard really is. There are plenty of exceptions and some preset are gems but the producer (keyboardist) in her band probably worked that bass track up for hours.

[@vegaschilltrap]

I can make the sound in 5 minutes. it has an LFO on it in the beginning on a LPF, and what sounds like slight pitch modulation from an ADSR. Thats where the wuh wuh wuh comes from. Slight Release. Any old camel phat or saturn will produce that dist, it swings from the sides to the mid. The higher notes sides and the roots in the mid. That being said, designing a sound and putting together an enjoyable song are much, much different. Any real producer who makes pop will tell you that this shit is about spacing : ). Its ALL ABOUT THE FUCKING SPACING RIGHT SYLVAN ESSO ? Love the nostalgic 808 snare in the bg also. Dope

[@grahampierce7953]

everything about this music video is practically perfect. the vocals, the vintage feel, the camera work, the electronic elements. i can see you rising greatly in popularity soon

[@jailenes5594]

her music gives me life

[@PratyangIraa]

you two make videos from my soul ..

[@oregonsurfer]

This is gold. Amelia. The outfit. The whole MO of the video? To die for. Just so excited for this new album. LOVE you guys's music.

[@JenniferBHorwitz]

EPIC!! My friends and I LOVE YOU and waking up to new Sylvan Esso music this morning made today the BEST DAY EVER! Come back to Chicago #superfan!

[@stopwastingourtime]

My all time favorite song.

[@KidslearnplayNfun]

Slaps! 🎶🎶🔥🔥💥💥

[@StarryHilder]

Its gonna be a hit! Love it!!!!!!!!!

[@clovisprojectdiy]

Starry Hilder Off Grid Homestead good to see you here. thank you for your channel. hope all is well.

[@clovisprojectdiy]

just listened to this again... nothing wierd... just want to send you some love(was just flipping through the comment section, and saw your comment again). once again... hope all is well. peace

[@FOXFORCE]

Starry Hilder made a teaser of this song on my channel if you want to see!

[@MT-eb2dx]

It isn't a hit yet, but it should still be one

[@cityofsaints4929]

The idea and thought process behind this song is incredible. She wasn't planning on writing a love song on this album and just so happen to write a begrudged love song. Not wanting to grow old and die young, she ends up falling in love and now has to wait because shes too in love to leave.

[@jordan7bowman]

Good stuff! Can't wait to hear/see the rest of the album/story

[@ziptalia2456]

FF to 2:50 and catch the Stevie Nicks vibe on the backing vocals. Very nice touch and is the moment this song reaches up above and kisses the sky. This is why we love music.

[@FHSBlackSwarm]

A friend of mine sent this to me as she knows I'm at raging alcoholic. A friend of ours died in a freak skate accident with a whole future and so much potential in front of her. This song hits on so many levels. RIP Lizbeth

[@kentrichard1925]

Hearing this live for the first as the opener for ODESZA the other night was pretty awesome!!

[@Mr_SW]

2019 still love this.

[@jennajames1372]

I've had this song on repeat for a week now and I honestly can't get enough. The lyrics, the beat, everything is so catchy! 👍👍👍

[@brendanparke]

Great job guys

[@rickreges1514]

The interlude in this song is one of my favorite things ever, the rest of the song is also damn good!

[@clovisprojectdiy]

I WAS gonna die young! and I'm so glad I gotta wait for her... can't get enough of this song.

[@Nick_Rowlett]

Love it! So ready to hear the new album and SO excited to see you guys in NC in May.

[@buckle9733]

Heard some radio host mention her now I am in love. Thank you 104.5 😍

[@petuniaflower6800]

Great melody, irresistible! love that part where the bass drops into an echo of the melody. Brilliant. Absolutely gorgeous girl with wonderful voice and acting

[@boyznite4life]

Christ this is really good

[@mysticv9690]

Andrew YES

[@noncatholiccatholicrat6309]

ngl, I usually hate when people say "this song is so underrated," but I am just trying to figure out why this song hasn't blown up? I feel like it sounds very accessible and catchy? idk

[@straybubbles7334]

Finally some good music from the 21st century.

[@FOXFORCE]

stray bubbles we got a video on our channel too with this song!

[@monslahire]

This song is fantastic. I can't get the chorus riff out of my head.

[@angelastewart7577]

I listen to this and coffee only like 10 times a day each 🤣❤ I LOVE THEM.

[@leahkrokowski]

The perfect love song. I'M SO IN LOVE WITH THIS NEW ALBUM AND IT DROPPED ON MY 21ST BDAY HOW PERFECT THANK U THANK U SYLVAN ESSO!!!

[@kv3g]

Good Stuff. I look forward to the album!

[@chelseafrancis5689]

This is the most amazing song. I feel it to the core.

[@librariesgaveuspower]

The more I listen to this song, the more I interpret it as a someone finding reason to live in their newborn child.

[@khristiannemenardie-yokom3317]

Yep. Pretty much my story

[@Tayet4Buri]

This is amazing! The sound and the lyrics and just everything about this

[@CaptainFarthouse]

Guess I'm gonna be drinking coffee and watching this video over and over until 4/28. They've been my favorite band since I heard their debut album, one of the best debuts I've ever heard. Y'all should check them out live too, absolutely fantastic!

[@snowwhitequeen2623]

Its very wonderful song

[@twistedthorns2181]

I never know what these songs are talking about but the sounds are very satisfying

[@Noluvv_Lj]

TwistedThorns YT THESE SONGS ALWAYS HAVE SUCH A DEEP MEANING!!! You need to look up the lyrics it's a must!!!

[@melody3741]

"I had it planned out, I was gonna die young but then i met you and you ruined it"

[@slimkt]

So hyped for the album drop!

[@normancornell1999]

I know I don’t fit the fan base, but when I heard Coffee years ago. I fell in love with this bands vibe, so many songs live in my head now.

[@julietorchia2832]

just got my tix to see yall in DC in november!!!!! ahhhhhhhhh!!!!

[@nevalonghofer42]

This is glorious

[@boomshackalaka450]

There’s nothing I want more than a Alle Fabian remix with some bounce and trumpets 🎺

[@empathagain]

I am dying young, believe me reaching old age is such an amazing gift I'd do anything for. Then again the song is oddly beautiful. If you have something, someone, somewhere, or even some hobby or even freaking routine or park to take long walks to, you should appreciate it. I used to be happy, appreciative, and a researcher and published author, but almost the moment I found out I had stage 4 cancer, ppl start to leave (well, at least when they realize your cancer is untreatable), opportunities and any financial stability you may have had, leave almost automatically and try to make it sound like "common sense" you're already dead in their eyes. My cancer is metastatic breast that spread thru my bones and now is quickly taking over my lungs. Oh and I'm actually bullied by sooo many older women who (are at least currently in remission," bc apparently they can't believe such a "young, pretty girl" would be so ungrateful...after all, when they were the age they think I am (they all think even tho I've repeated stated .in my 30s I'm in my 20s, oddly) they didn't get upset over pain, lack of resources, fear of never reaching milestones I deeply care ab, the (isn't buy sure feels like it) fact I'll never not only not get married or have kids (which I sincerely wanted, no questionimg for me) it will never happen no matter what. I used to be "popular" and had so many (clearly Fairweather bc all but 2 are completely out of my life by their choice so quickly I was swiftly taken by surprise and only one of the 2 actually will try to do things I like or say ANYTHING remotely kind to me. I'll be dead by the end of this yr (if oncologist is right, plus tests show its spreading quicker than ever for me). Ppl don't really care an those who die young unless they are kids. Sorry, this song just stirred something up for me. The longer I "live" the less of ME seems like it was me. Three straight years w not a single good (or even decent day) besides one specific beautiful week my mom is not enough to live for tho, not when ppl had 3 years to do something, ANYTHING, ANYTHING at all I mattered or should have a kind of celebration of my life. I'm always alone unless I'm at the hospital or putting myself out there to volunteer or join a club or Hobbit with others (I have plenty I do alone honestly). I'd do anything (as long as nonviolent) to have ppl (any ppl, any amount, as Long as they are authentic I don't care if I've only known them 2 days) to show me they care...like, at all ab my life/me in the time where I absolutely need pplmore than ever before but yet it's the first time these 3 yrs I've actually been lonely, completely devoid of any opportunities when I used to be such a smart, through, and genuinely interested and determined to be the best at all I could be (and tbh typically was) but ppl avt like cancer in my bones and lungs is the same as if my entire brain were riddled with cancer. Apparently NO ONE likes a young, healthy-looking (previously, but have no chance of being again), extremely well-informed (sadly, the more videos by BC patients I see, the more I realize "research to them is one page from the National Cancer Institute that hasn't been updated in 4 years. That is not research. That is not knowledge. That is virtue signalling pretending to be valid and even life saving" pseudotruths presented as facts that actually often misinform or are "best guesses." I wish ppl actually cared (even just a bit) ab young adults with cancer. I will be dead by the end of 2021 (likely, my oncologist seriously are more often wrong than right about anything and OMG if I could live somewhere wiith intelligent (kind would be nice too but I can easy get over that if I get to get better...or he'll make it to my 40th birthday. But I have had to accept I won't. I REALLY REALLY REAL wish I could die with dignity or a friend besides my mom and 5 yr old neice. But tbh I'll prob die home alone and only be found if I miss enough doc appointments, since ya know, I'd be too dead to go. But oh well. I literally can't come up w anything worth living for besides my neice anymore for maybe 1.5 years (the other things turned out only harming me or my fam, or the absolute love for life, connection, and creation, but how can feel ab it life if it ends w you far below the poverty line, with ZERO friends that don't live over an 8 he drive away fr you, my left hand recently stopped functioning completely, but hurts do bad ,24/7 I consider just chopping it off and go to the hospital to finish the amputation. If you know someone sick or dying, please just be there for them (at least). I'd give anything (well if I had anything at this point) to have anyone at all just create music or videos w me (I do have a KZbin channel and would be fine collaborating over the internet, tho in person would make me feel human again...and I going to miss that until and through the day I die. I have to make up for these 3 yrs this year, or I really prob am worthless. God, I wish sooo much being the "living" me, or even something somewhat like it 🧡💛💜💚

[@chubbycheeks12397]

This song is literally perfection! Amazingggg

[@LemonLime7u7]

i love it 💙

[@joemac7690]

there music is so warm. It's warm like the hot rays of the sun and the wind is cold, and you're warm.