… Read Full Bio ↴Will Wiesenfeld AKA Baths was born in 1989, in Los Angeles, California.
Wiesenfield is a classically trained musician, and began learning the piano at the age of four “to compete with his brother”. By twelve he had “completely abandoned it,” but continual musical experimenting lead him to record his first piece of music at age fourteen. Under a previous moniker, [Post-foetus], he wrote four albums and three EPs. He also ventured into a more ambient style with side-project Geotic, a project which Irish magazine State.ie called “gorgeous”.
After adopting the name Baths, he released debut album Cerulean on independent record label Anticon. He recorded the entire album in two months from his bedroom. The BBC’s Mike Diver claims Baths’ nearest musical sound-a-like is chillwave musician Toro Y Moi. Pitchfork noted Baths’ influences, acts such as Björk and Flying Lotus, were “obvious” in his work.
Drowned in Sound noted Baths’ use of “unorthodox” sounds layered in and around the electronics, in particular “clicking pens, vocal samples, rustling blankets and scissor snaps”. British newspaper The Guardian’s Paul Lester commented he was reminded of “J Dilla playing around with the Pavement and Prince catalogues” while listening to the album. While a lot of his music is instrumental, it can occasionally incorporate vocals, most of them falsetto.
Cerulean was listed by the AV Club as the 21st best album of 2010. It made Pitchfork’s Album of the Year: Honorable Mention list.
Loveheart
Baths Lyrics
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think of the life left once we're gone
i won't go back
i won't go back
i love this too much
met in the night like it was wrong
laugh at the life left now that we're gone
i won't go back
i love you too much
The lyrics of "Loveheart" by Baths are expressing forbidden love, something that goes against the norm, and the conflict that the singer faces. The first line, "meet in the night like this is wrong," conveys that the singer knows they shouldn't be meeting up with their lover, but they can't help themselves. They are aware that society wouldn't approve of their relationship but decide to go through with it anyway. The line, "think of the life left once we're gone," is an acknowledgement that the relationship is short-lived and will eventually come to an end. This could cause pain and hurt in the long run, but the singer can't resist feeling the emotion of being in love at that moment.
The repeated refrain of "I won't go back, I won't go back, I love this too much" reinforces that feeling of being caught up in something that they shouldn't be doing. The singer is conflicted between what they know is right and what they feel so strongly for their lover. They refuse to let it go, despite the potential consequences. The final line of the song, "I won't go back, I won't go back, I love you too much," shows that the power of this feeling is stronger than any logic or societal norm.
Line by Line Meaning
meet in the night like this is wrong
We are meeting in secret as society deems it inappropriate or against the norm.
think of the life left once we're gone
We are contemplating the limited time we have in this world and the impact our actions will have once we are no longer alive.
i won't go back
I refuse to give into societal pressures and constraints which dictate what is deemed acceptable or not.
i won't go back
My love for you is too strong, and I refuse to return to a life without you in it
i love this too much
My passion for our relationship and the life we share together is uncontainable and cannot be suppressed.
Contributed by Isaac D. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
lolatJESS
Beautiful yet kind of creepy - at the same time, it's very upbeat. Good work Baths.
Pascal Santoni
Ce morceau me donne la chaire de poule !!! j'adore :)
Jesse Sebastian Guzman
I feel terriblely sad when I hear this song. But so at ease with peace at the same time.
treehann
Holy crap this song is amazing, is the rest of this album this good!? :o
jordan pierce
@zevex747 yes
patryszyn1
it's so amazing
JABONEM
tap your foot to it. it definitely has a steady rhythm.
Iamlordeyayaya
he does what he wants, it's art. By the way, ever heard of polyrythms
Blades of The Gods
I love getting recommended baths songs cause there’s always a massive time gap since anyone’s commented
Adrian Phillips
Beautiful