Christopher Ardra Shares New Single ‘Colors’ Ahead of Sophomore Album Saw It In A Dream

New York artist Christopher Ardra returns with ‘Colors’, a striking new single and video lifted from his forthcoming sophomore album Saw It In A Dream, due June 5 — offering another expansive glimpse into a record shaping up as his most ambitious work yet.

Inspired by a Long Island Railroad suicide prevention flyer and sparked by the phrase “has life lost its color?”, Colors transforms an unexpected point of departure into something intimate, urgent and deeply human. Built around themes of love, identity and emotional survival, the song arrives with a powerful self-directed video featuring dancer Sylvana Tapia, adding another vivid layer to Ardra’s increasingly cinematic world.

“Although I have not personally felt like this, I found ‘has life lost its color?’ to be an incredible phrasing,” Ardra says. “I went home and wrote this song in about five minutes. It’s about having someone in your life who loves you for who you are.”

Blending rock, pop, electronic textures and global influences with restless musical curiosity, Colors continues to reveal the scope of Saw It In A Dream — an 11-track album centred on questions of self-definition, perception and whether the lives we build are truly our own.

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Following the adventurous promise of 2024 debut Sometimes Other Times and last year’s SaiRu EP, the new album sees Ardra pushing further into fully realised album-making, crafting a record designed as an emotional and sonic arc rather than a loose collection of songs.

“It’s more of a complete thought than my debut,” Ardra says. “It’s a conversation… and when I get to the end of that conversation, it’s cathartic and feels resolved.”

Self-produced and largely self-performed, Saw It In A Dream again showcases Ardra’s shapeshifting artistry — drawing from decades of songwriting while continuing to move beyond expectation. The album’s title itself points to its philosophical core: the tension between instinct, influence and learning to recognise whether a dream belongs to you or someone else.

With Colors, Ardra sharpens that vision into one of his most immediate and affecting songs yet — equal parts searching and uplifting. Following five records fronting Station, Ardra’s solo work continues to reveal an artist operating with increasing freedom, and Saw It In A Dream looks set to be a defining next step.

‘Colors’ is out now. Saw It In A Dream arrives June 5.