The tattoo on Veronica Fusaro’s wrist, a small new moon, is as subtle as her songs. "I'm a night person," she says. "The night fascinates me. When you see the stars and the Milky Way - that's when the space for thinking and dreaming opens up." All the more surprising, then, that her sunny new single is all about the joys of the morning. A very special morning, mind.
"Very gently you wake up, rays of sunshine pushing through the curtains, already it's nice and warm, and the duvet smells fresh, because it only came out of the wash yesterday. And next to you the person who makes the moment perfect."
During the first Lockdown, Veronica Fusaro rarely found herself in the right frame of mind to tend to her muse. Besides the frustration that her many plans were suddenly all ruined, there was an incredible amount of work to do. "I sat at my laptop every day, not for music, but for emails and everything else around."
Whilst her musical ventures were on hold, the rest of her life didn’t entirely come to a halt. In fact, as she says, “one or two new doors opened”, and so it happened that deep into December she was at last seized by inspiration again. The resulting song came to her very quickly, almost in one go. "It felt truly great to write this song," she says. "It had been such a long time without music. I love singing it so much. It's very laid-back, nothing is forced. It’s my first real love song. No roller coaster complications. A beautiful moment. Pure joy, simple as that..."
Following the singles Fool and Beach, Better With You produced, like Lie to Me, by Jamie Ellis - serves as another fine appetiser for the long-awaited debut album, promised for the autumn of 2022.
Veronica Fusaro’s Better With You is now streaming across all leading services in India.
Here is the Audio of the song: