We’ve all sat alone at a party because we didn't know anyone there. And it's perhaps for that reason why 18-year-old Brampton singer/songwriter Alessia Cara’s “Here” has become an anthem for “anti-social pessimists,” and why the video will probably do the same. Recreating the same house party that helped inspire the song, the visuals track Cara in her pursuit of loneliness as she strolls past her drunken peers who are involved in the usual debauchery that comes with house parties: flip cup, random fight outside the house, boy throwing up. But at the very least being a sober wallflower comes with one perk: you get to judge them all and snap pics of them on your phone for blackmail later.For those unfamiliar with Cara, the gifted singer has made a buzz for herself on Youtube with covers of popular chart hits. Because that's what you need to get a record deal.Look out for her upcoming debut on Def Jam.
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