Roman Candle Premiere New Single & Music Video "Can We Watch Something Happy"

Screamo outfit Roman Candle have released “Can We Watch Something Happy” as their latest single. The track marks the fourth release from the band since signing with Sumerian Records last year. A music video directed by Samuel Halleen is available to watch below.

Frontwoman Piper Ferrari shared that the track draws from her own personal experiences, offering the following insight into its lyrical inspiration:

“‘Can We Watch Something Happy‘ is written from the perspective of my childhood self. I struggled with severe OCD growing up, which was intensified by being raised in a religious household. I wasn’t diagnosed until much later, so for most of my youth I didn’t understand what was happening — I just remember being scared all the time.

There was a constant cycle of praying for the intrusive thoughts to go away, eventually giving in to them, and then praying again for forgiveness. That’s where the repeated ‘one more time’ comes from. It wasn’t about depression or suicidality; it was about trying to survive this overwhelming fear of thoughts I didn’t want, and then feeling deep guilt because I believed even having those thoughts was a sin.”