Bartees Strange writes an interstate love song with the new single “Lie 95”

Bartees Strange literally writes an “interstate love song” on the singer-songwriter’s new single “Lie 95”.

“This song is about finding love along the entire Northeast Corridor (I-95) – my universe,” Strange said in a statement about the track. “I think of love in the broadest sense: partners, friends and community. This one is for the highway… and everything I encounter along it.”

Strange paired the single – his original new song from 2024 after “Big Glow” from the I saw the TV light up Soundtrack – featuring a video directed by Vincent Martell and Jordan Phelps in which two characters (both played by Strange) embark on a road trip that leaves a trail of trashed motel rooms in their wake.

“I’ve been searching/For someone to love/Now we’re parting ways/And I can’t get enough,” Strange sings in the chorus. “I’m focused on/Lifting you up.”

“Lie 95” was co-produced by Strange and notcharles along with long-time creative collaborator Graham Richman and features additional vocals courtesy of Charlene Gibbs and singer Kacy Hill, who Rolling Stone was also recently profiled.

Strange has been busy since the release of his acclaimed second LP in 2022 From farm to tabletoured with the likes of The National, Clairo and Boygenius. The singer also contributed to the soundtrack for The new lookwith a rendition of “You Always Hurt the Ones You Love”.