Heart Eyes Only For Max Barskih's "Stomach Butterflies"

With a slow yet catchy tune like this one, this song’s bound to get stuck in your heads, twenty-four hours a day. It’s rather self-explanatory, another hit about love you could jam to, only there’s a certain charm to it that will make you want more.

Ukrainian singer-songwriter Max Barskih is known for his mainstream songs and his 2016 album “Тумани” that has garnered millions and billions of streams on platforms not only across his homeland, but worldwide as well. Because of his success, he has been named ‘Ukraine’s Music Ambassador to the World’ by American Forbes.

With his new single “Stomach Butterflies”, written and sung in the English language, the road for his career is only going uphill from here. It all sounds mellow, with the primary intent to show that love is indeed a strong feeling to have, and despite global conflict and societal issues, it still exists within us.

Call the words simple, but it quite literally sums up the feeling pretty well, and to pair it up with vocals so elegant is a great move in itself. The ending lines “When I look into your eyes / I get stomach butterflies / I can’t stop myself from falling in love” is chilling as well; it moves you, perhaps makes you feel your feelings.

All in all, this song’s a good listen, an easy recommendation if you’re new to this artist. The nonexistence of gender stereotypes and how the song’s music video shows inclusivity are some notable parts of not only this single, but to where Max Barskih stands as well.