Hermidgets – “Could I Be Better”
Out March 6, 2026
Hermidgets returns with “Could I Be Better,” out March 6 — a track that dismantles its own origin.
The song was originally released years ago under a different title. What began as an attempt to remix it turned into a complete reconstruction. The structure was rewritten, parts of the lyrics reshaped, and the arrangement stripped to its core. What remains is not a revision, but a confrontation between past and present identity.
“I could have been a wise man / Could have been the one…”
The lyrics move through alternative versions of the self — lover, shelter, fool, proof — before collapsing into the recurring admission: “I could be better now.” It is not redemption, nor self-pity. It feels more like a lucid inventory of absence.
Musically, the track unfolds through austere synth layers and an implacable pulse that carries the tension forward without release. The atmosphere is nocturnal, minimal, emotionally suspended — drawing from the darker edges of contemporary synthpop, echoing the late-era work of Depeche Mode and the stark romanticism of Mareux.
As with every Hermidgets release, the entire creative process was handled independently: writing, arrangement, recording, performance, and visual direction.
The official black-and-white video, released simultaneously with the single, continues the project’s longstanding exploration of anonymity. Shot along a rural riverside landscape, layered performances create a fractured sense of presence, while the artist’s eyes remain concealed — a consistent choice since the beginning of the project. A parallel female figure moves through the same setting, shifting from detachment to emotional surrender before rising again toward the light. The visual language is minimal, intimate, and deliberately restrained.
Hermidgets previously released the albums The Mire (2020) and NIHIL (2024), gradually defining a cohesive and emotionally charged artistic identity. The independent single Could I Be Better, mixed by Matteo Sandri (known for his work with Sananda Maitreya) and mastered by Giovanni Versari (Muse), marked a further step toward a darker, textured and deeply melodic sound — treating melancholy not as fragility, but as creative substance.
With “Could I Be Better,” Hermidgets consolidates that trajectory, refining his dark synthpop language into something leaner, more conscious, and unmistakably his own.
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Video out March 6th
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