Monochrome is a 7 track album that serves as a commentary on how the media creates unrealistic expectations for relationships and what it means to be a man. Each track subtly highlights a different stereotype that can be seen in movies, TV and web content. Fittingly, the album artwork is in the colour scheme of the emergency broadcast signal and each track corresponds to a color, symbolizing the varied issues of the media’s portrayal of love.
In Dempsey’s own words: “The concept for Monochrome came from my own experiences with masculinity and love. For a while I felt as if my self worth was directly tied to how well I did in my romantic pursuits. I put together Monochrome as a rebellion against this idea; the idea that you’re only really a man if you are sexually active and detaching your feelings. Because of this, I crafted the harmony and production to give off a feeling of tragedy and longing, evoking the emotions I felt while trying to be something I wasn’t in order to conform to a Hollywood ideal”.
“Slipping”, one of the singles from this album, is a decadent dessert for the ears, serving up a deep, infectious groove that grows more grandiose and full as the song unfolds.
Dempsey explains that he wrote the song after getting ghosted by a love interest of his. Even though he tried to forget about them by focusing on others who were interested, he couldn’t break away from constantly thinking about it. The whole idea is that everyone can be into you but as soon as one person isn’t, their opinion is the only one that matters.
Listen to “Slipping” here :
