The track comes after the one-night-stand-themed ‘Sex, Cologne & Cigarettes’, its accompanying video featuring a thick slice of steaminess. The steam doesn’t stop in ‘Chasing Highs’, a song laced with a nostalgic road trip vibe and lyrics encapsulating the hedonistic aspect of gay culture.
“‘Chasing Highs’ was inspired by this group of friends who I met, all of whom were gorgeous inside and out and when we got to the club, we were just all making out with each other,” TIN says of the song.
“There was an undeniable feeling of sisterhood amidst the platonic kissing. I LOVE the moment where my lips are an inch away from someone else’s right before we kiss and ‘chasing highs’ is a metaphor for the magnetic pull in that moment before kissing.”
The music video, with videography and editing by Matto Lucas, is an extension of the song’s euphoric lyricism – featuring TIN and his friend group on a road trip and a night at the beach, where they get up to mischief and party the night away. Some of the cast in the video are from TIN’s real-life friendship group – but notably, TIN has also included a female.
“I wanted to do something a bit different with ‘Chasing Highs’ so I decided to toy with the notion that sexuality can be fluid,” TIN explains. “Casting a girl to be kissing all these boys as well was a nod to that fluidity as well as bisexuality.”
‘Chasing Highs’ is out now.