Gordi explores queer utopia with her new single 'Alien Cowboy'

Gordi has released new single 'Alien Cowboy', a dramatic piece of pop produced alongside Costa Rican producer Matias Mora.

The track follows November's 'Lunch At Dune' EP, which featured a collaboration with SOAK on its title-track. Created in Los Angeles, the new single explores themes of queer acceptance and fantasy.

"I was thinking about what a gay utopia would look like," Gordi explains. "Mr Morale & The Big Steppers had just come out and we had it blaring through the speakers. I sat down at the piano and we recorded this low, subby, deteriorated part. I was imagining a scene - stumbling through the desert and this mirage appears, this beautiful Salvadore Dali-type world. Everything is melting and there is this giant figure, with their hand outstretched inviting me in. Fabricating an imaginary place where, as queer people, you could feel wholly accepted. When I got to the chorus, I wanted to turn this fictitious place into something internal, and suddenly maybe it's not a place at all, but a feeling."

The single arrives with a video directed by Madeleine Purdy, in which Gordi plays dual roles. "I explained this idea to my friend, Maddy Purdy, who put together a concept for a video," Gordi shares. "She said there would be two characters in the video - a person who owned a scorpion, and the scorpion. I was to play both. It took nearly 2 hours to get the contacts in my eyes."

Purdy adds: "I think it's an interesting question to ask yourself - If you had yourself as a pet, in a gorgeous little tank where you were safe, would you free you? We wanted to make a video that explored what it's like being both the master of, and captive to, your own life."

The track marks the beginning of Gordi's third album campaign, following recent sold-out performances across Australia and London.