“Falling 花火落” - Yulan & Blaise
Credit: Yulan Jack
Hold onto your feelings — because Yulan & Blaise are back with “Falling 花火落,” the second shimmering jewel from their upcoming 2025 EP, and it’s a devastatingly beautiful punch to the chest. Following their groundbreaking debut God Complex, the Australian-American duo are diving even deeper into their signature blend of angelic melancholy, sonic experimentation, and rich cultural textures — and the results are nothing short of breathtaking.
At its core, “Falling 花火落” spins a metaphor so delicate and sharp it almost hurts to hold: the 花 (flower) and 火 (flame) — beautiful, transient, and destined to fall (落). It's a perfect symbol for the kind of romance that burns brighter because it’s doomed to burn out — a love story that’s intoxicating precisely because it’s unsustainable.
And you can hear that urgency in every note. Yulan’s ethereal voice slips between English and Mandarin like silk across skin, while Blaise builds a lush soundscape beneath her, layering traditional Chinese instruments with synths and a signature saxophone solo that feels like it could crack the sky open.
This isn't just a love song — it's a full-blown emotional wildfire. The kind that leaves you both scorched and strangely grateful.
Yulan & Blaise aren’t just musicians; they’re world-builders.
Drawing on everything from 90s Mandopop to classic Chinese cinema to Shigeru Umabayashi’s film scores, they conjure a universe that feels ancient and futuristic at the same time.
Self-produced and instrumentally rich, “Falling 花火落” sounds like nothing else out there. It’s glitchy and grand, tender and towering — a track that demands to be heard on big speakers and whispered through headphones.
The level of detail here is immaculate: every sound, every transition between electronic haze and acoustic shimmer, feels visual, like you’re standing under a night sky exploding into fireworks... and then suddenly standing alone as the embers fall.
Credit: Directed by Gabriel Morrison
Dropping alongside the single on April 25, the music video is pure cinema — set in a classic Chinese restaurant straight out of Wong Kar Wai’s Fallen Angels crossed with Zhang Yimou’s Raise the Red Lantern. It’s bittersweet, moody, and stylish in a way that makes you want to light a cigarette you don’t smoke and stare pensively into neon lights.
Just like the song, the video doesn’t just show you a breakup — it immerses you in the loneliness, the longing, the intoxicating nostalgia that lingers even after the love is gone.
Coming off the high of their debut God Complex — Yulan & Blaise are proving that they’re not just riding a wave of hype. They’re creating their own tides.
Whether it’s Yulan’s impossibly rich storytelling voice or Blaise’s punk-to-poetic instrumental chops honed from years with the Violent Femmes, this duo brings a rare authenticity to a genre (art pop) that can sometimes feel overly manufactured.
They’re futuristic but rooted. Experimental but deeply emotional. Nostalgic but cutting-edge.
It’s gothic neon nostalgia meets experimental folk-electronica.
Cue up “Falling 花火落” when you're feeling everything all at once — or when you just want to get lost in a song so immersive it feels like stepping into another life.
“Falling 花火落” is available now on all major streaming platforms
