"Sultry and smoldering, Toto Peña’s “Now” is an achingly intimate intoxication brought to life through a soulful, dreamy haze. It’s a raw and visceral fever dream: Peña channels his own charged emotions into a captivating vocal performance that, coupled with a smoky mix of saxophone, guitars, keys, and drums, proves utterly enchanting and all-consuming."
-Atwood Magazine (Mitch Mosk)
lyrics
I thought I knew what love is
Oh I was wrong
It’s something more than what you feel
It’s something you do right
Please take me back as who I know I will be
Please see me now for who I am
Deep inside
Inside you will find
Inside my mind I see
You
Now
You
Now
You
Oh you now
You
Now
Cuz something ain’t right
How am I living without you?
I’m dying, I’m spiraling
Can’t sleep through the night alone
I grew up but at your expense
Oh I used to believe
That you should just leave me
It’s not my choice
It’s not my choice no not now
But it was at the start
And I chose
So wrong
I chose wrong
I chose wrong
But now
Is this right?
Is this right?
credits
released August 9, 2023
Written, Performed, Produced, and Mixed by Toto Peña in Bluffdale, UT
Mastered by Andrew Goldring at Crooked Acre
Yamaha CS Reface - Andres Escobar
Saxophone - Candido Abeyta
Electric Rhythm Guitar - Danny Hakim
Photography by River Stephenson
Production notes from Aidan Bay, Al Carson, Andres Escobar, Mason Mario Garcia, Andrew Goldring, Danny Hakim, Edwin Kenzo Huet, Paris Kralik, Magaly Martin, Chris Peña, Sami Peña, Sabrina Peña, and River Stephenson
Special thanks to Tom Petersen at UPHERE! Records and Collin Smith at Fresh Paint Music
Filmed at the Spiral Jetty, Salt Lake City, and New York City
Video written and directed by Toto Peña and River Stephenson
Filmed by River Stephenson
Video edited by Toto Peña
Color Graded by Bilguun Ganbold
16mm footage by Kelsey Sharpe
Development Contributions by Kelsey Sharpe, River Stephenson, and Gaby Velez
Set assistant and stylist - Sabrina Peña
Nails by Sami Peña
CAST
Mason Mario Garcia, Andres Escobar, Marqueza, Alethia Lunares, Eliana Cabrera, Emma Hanson, Sabrina Pena, and Gloria Hammond
Thanks to Peña parents, Robert Smithson, Dia Art Foundation, Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Save Our Great Salt Lake, Holt Smithson Foundation, Essential Photo Supply, theFINDlab, Curiosity, Peter Prier & Sons Violins, Blue Copper Coffee Roasters and the Shoshone, Paiute, Goshute and Ute tribes.
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