Cosmo Gold is a Los Angeles based alt-pop group consisting of Emily Gold (vocals, guitar, synth, keys), Mike Deluccia (drums, synth, keys, guitar) and Stephen Burns (bass, guitar, vocals). In 2022, they released their debut album, Krong; “An intergalactic sonic experience, an invitation to an alternate universe. A self-aware, almost-utopia that sheds light on the humanness of hesitancy.”

“‘Stranger’ was the first single off Krong. It was written on the very first weekend night of lockdown with our producer, Neil Wogensen, who we were living with. We were honestly just bored and wanted to write a ‘dumb pop song’ for fun about how everyone was drunk at the end of the world. The hook just wasn’t feeling right and the sentiment morphed into ‘I can still touch you but it feels like the end of the world’ which was an emotional trigger for all of us. We filled in the rest of the story using our collective romantic experiences of becoming disconnected from someone you once knew so well," said Emily Gold. "The video was inspired by 1960s and 70s sci-fi and my meditation on what this song meant within the landscape of Krong as a physical space. We also pay homage to two of my favorite pop music videos–Britney Spears’ ‘Oops I Did It Again’ and Spice Girls’ ‘Say You’ll Be There’."