In โThe Roommates,โ French electronic artist Eleanor Idlewood spins a shimmering queer synthwave song. Framed around the private romance of two menโSonny and Flintโwho the outside world assumes are merely platonic cohabitants, the song leans playfully into that well-worn โjust roommatesโ trope while turning it on its head with wry affection and neon-lit intimacy. The production, entirely crafted by Idlewood over a few months in early 2025, is sleek and cinematic, pulsing with retro flavor and a mischievous emotional undercurrent.
โThe Roommatesโ opens in a dreamy haze, where warped voices murmur like memories overheard through walls, just like voyeurism. A cool synth breeze rolls in, followed by thumping, brooding, and irresistible beats. Eleanorโs smooth and deliberate vocals confess with no shame as she unspools the story slowly and hypnotically like a film reel unwinding. Her steady, hypnotic delivery invites us into Sonny and Flintโs dimly lit world, getting us curious about what comes next. Here, love blooms behind drawn curtains and muffled walls.
The atmosphere of โThe Roommatesโ is what truly seduces: cold, sleek synths clash gently against ambient textures and pulsing beats, giving the track a kinetic stillness, like dancing in place. The occasional return of those ghostly voices in the background reminds us of the outer world watching, guessing, and misunderstanding.
As the first peek into her upcoming EP and eventual sophomore album, โThe Roommatesโ gets things bold right in the beginning. Eleanor Idlewood is doing storytelling through circuitry, layering queer narratives and emotional nuance within waves of retro-futurist sound. Stay tuned for her next track, if you are into this kind of sauce.
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Review by: Naomi Joan