Newcomer Cap Carter has unveiled their new single “Relapse.”

The track stems from a dark moment in the Australian R&B star’s life. The music video for the track, which can be seen below, was directed by Maddy King. Carter said this about their new single/video:

“Relapse is a story of addiction. Through rehab, I’ve learnt that my addiction stems from childhood trauma - specifically the day Ma left and the years spent thereafter. The music video is quite literally a look at the days leading up to the breakdown of my parent’s marriage and the day that would come to forever change my life. I wanted the story to be told in such a delicate way that it would respect both of my parents and not in anyway dishonour my family. From the start, I knew that if we couldn’t achieve this then we shouldn’t touch on this particular chapter of my story.”

King, who worked on visuals from Yuma X and Manu Crooks, stated:

“Before I listened to the song, I already knew Cap wanted the video to explore traumatic events, which happened when he was very young. I remember listening to him sing whilst playing the piano on set, and everyone was blown away. His voice is raw and emotional but hearing it in person is another experience entirely. The video is loosely based on Cap’s childhood, which we wanted to explore from his Mother’s point of view. It was interesting figuring out how to convincingly sell a love story without having the actors kiss because we shot during COVID. We also had a scene with butterflies, which I wouldn’t recommend because they flew after the first take.”

“Relapse,” which is the lead single from Carter’s forthcoming debut EP, is available on all streaming services right now.