Photo by Michelle LoBianco
Mima Good, is the moniker for singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Raechel Rosen. Although this name comes as an amalgam of murdered Salem witches, from Spanish ‘mima’ translates to pamper. Which is what Rosen swiftly coddles us in, in her new single “Sad Club Night” — a minimal effort absorbed in a variety of sounds and genres, pivoting from a bouncy synth bass line, to a pop moment filled with the same intensity as a prom scene in a 90’s teen rom-com where all the room attendees unexpectedly climax together into a choreographed dance. Compared to her Good Girl EP, released in 2018, this first glimpse of her upcoming album Hydra, shows a mature and in charge version of Mima Good. This first single is not combative or filled with the ghost of past relationships, but finally gives us a look into Rosen’s (as Mima Good) world — dark and welcoming. A comfort uninterrupted by the imagery, featuring ripped fishnets and screamo ‘boos’, and in a less comical approach, the ideation of depression. “The bridge of the song sums up the mood for me,“ Rosen tells us. “It is inspired by this time I was walking to the bus after a night out with a friend. It was snowing and we were talking about how depressed we’d been lately. We both have dark senses of humor and just started making jokes about it and hysterically laughing at ourselves until we genuinely felt better. So it goes, Sing to me all the ways that you wanna die/ laugh them into the sky. This song is for anyone who ever feels that kinda sadness, to remember that we’re feeling it together and to maybe find some comfort in that. It can be our little inside joke,” shares Rosen. In “Sad Club Night” Rosen willingly gravitates towards creating an atmosphere of solidarity, being both cautious and empowering while giving an introverted look into one’s own handling and coping of the world, in this case a night.
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