Paul Delamour Strips Breakup Tropes on 'she is my favorite girl'
Tracked in a 13-square-meter room in Abidjan, the cut pairs acoustic folk roots with Mellotron tape haze and a fading synth coda.
By 40MAG ·
Working out of a 13 m² bedroom setup in Abidjan, Paul Delamour tracked, mixed, and arranged 'she is my favorite girl' by himself, leaning straight into the quiet reality of an ending where nobody is at fault. The harmonic core stays anchored to an acoustic guitar and a Shure SM7dB vocal take, padded underneath by tape-warped Mellotron chords and unpolished electric bass lines. The tempo sits at an unhurried 104 BPM, keeping the mood grounded while Delamour shrugs off typical breakup drama with lines like 'I loved you first, now I lose a friend.'
Instead of loading up the back half with big drum swells or forcing a final chorus back into the mix, Delamour pulls the rug out from under the arrangement. The rhythm section drops away entirely, leaving the ending to bare piano notes and arpeggiated analog synth lines that trail off on their own time. It feels personal, restrained, and completely unbothered by commercial radio formulas.
