SAINt JHN Releases New Single and Music Video 'GLITCHING' + Exclusive Acoustic Demo.

SAINt JHN, the latest addition to the Coachella 2025 lineup, gives us a new single, Glitching produced by multi platinum producer/songwriter Tommy Brown known as tbhits and Courtlin Jabrae. Born in Brooklyn and spending half his childhood in Georgetown, Guyana, SAINt has always informed his music by different parts of the world.

This release feels like another chapter in unending exploration of heart, decline, armour and everything in between.

The music video, directed by Alex Gargot, follows the visual arc from his recent Body On Me music video.

Usually, I'd talk about the song first, but in this case, the visuals take precedence—they demand to be addressed.

The video begins with a half-human body: we are in a field, maybe a sort of war situation, something for sure has definitely gone wrong for the person, or half a person in the video - glazed-over eyes staring into the distance.

It quickly switches to a room that reminds me a little of the underground space in Uche’s last music video. Inside, a man is coding, piecing SAINt’s body back together bit by bit on a computer interface. His body—half a body, no arms, no legs—jerks in reaction to the coding. The scene is unsettling, a visual metaphor for the fractured, “glitching” state of relationships. 

It’s the kind of Illustrative that stays with you, mirroring the emotional chaos of love. Feeling of trying to move forward but being stuck, unable to break free from a moment, memory or person.

The lyrics are like a piece of a puzzle that connects with the music video - it just fits.

The mix of rapid cuts, frame layering, and glitch effects helps achieve that fragmented, chaotic urgency.

Maybe that was the point. Maybe Saint wants us to feel, to confront the reality that our time with loved ones is finite.

But does that mean we should rush? Fall into the bedlam of a glitching connection? Or, as his lyrics suggest, can we slow down the ending? “Can you go slowly when you leave” feels like a quiet plea, a way of making the burn of departure just a little less painful.

The uneven rhythms, musical motifs and an overall feeling of purposeful disjunction. —it’s all a reflection of the song’s theme -  heart, decline and armour equal to the instability of love. But there’s another layer to the release that’s worth noting: the two versions of Glitching.

Alongside the official track, SAINt JHN dropped a stripped-down version exclusive to his YouTube channel.

This alternative version has sparked significant attention, with many listeners finding a deeper connection to the demo. It’s a rawer, more intimate listen—a version that feels less cluttered, less layered, allowing the listener to focus on the voice. 

This might sound strange, but hear me out—while the official version is rich in production, with more noise and more places for our attention to wander, the demo version gets rid of all that disruption. It’s a clearer, less distracted path to SAINt’s right hemisphere, without any attempt to censor or hide true feelings. It's the real, unpolished version.

Without all the external parts pulling us in different directions, we're left with an acoustic room. 

Yet, music is personal to each individual. Some of us look for noise—the layers, the depth of production that gives us more to engage with and others look for something with less distraction, something more clear. 

As SAINt prepares for his new project Collection II: Fake Tears From a Popstar. A follow-up to his debut LP in 2018, Collection One. Both versions of 'Glitching' offer something different, and that's part of SAINt JHN’s ability to speak to us in various ways, whether it's through a busy, cinematic production or a bare, stripped-back demo.