Las Vegas–born and raised, Sylvaner grew upinside an eclectic musical world. With a fatherwho ran several record stores and parents withwide-ranging taste, his childhood wassoundtracked by whatever vinyl happened topass through the house. Music became his firstlanguage and his main way of connecting withpeople. “Sharing a good song has always beena huge form of communication for me,” hesays. That instinct eventually carried him fromengineering other artists to shaping a sound ofhis own.

His new single “Plastic Love” marks a bold shiftinto darker, more dance-driven territory. Thetrack began life as a brooding, atmosphericChicago house-inspired demo, something hedescribes as sounding “like you were in thebathroom while the club was going on outside.”After finishing most of his album, Sylvanerrealised there was nothing to move to, andreworked the song with a new sense of grooveand momentum. Built on a steady beat, groovybass, ethereal vocals, and layered, texturalsynths, “Plastic Love” lands as a conflicted pop episode that balances desire with emotionalabsence. “I need a plastic love is the thesis of the lyrical content,” he explains. “It came from aplace where I didn’t want to settle with someone, but I still wanted my fun. I knew I wasn’t alonein feeling that, especially growing up in Las Vegas. But I also acknowledge the sacrifice and theemptiness in that choice.”

The single follows his debut release “Pentimento,” a soulful, minimalist introduction to his worldthat he engineered, produced, wrote, and mixed himself. That first track hinted at his emotionaldepth and obsessive attention to detail. “Plastic Love” expands the picture, revealing an artistunafraid to pivot sonically and lean into contradiction. With a background in studio engineeringand a deep emotional instinct as a songwriter, Sylvaner is building a body of work that is asphysical as it is introspective, made to be felt on the dance floor and unpacked long after thenight ends.