May 21, 2025 Photography by Graham Tolbert
North Carolina outfit Wednesday have shared a new single, “Elderberry Wine,” along with a music video directed by Spencer Kelly. Check out the music video below.
This is Wednesday’s first release since 2023’s critically acclaimed full-length Rat Saw God. It was one of our Top 100 Albums of 2023.
Frontwoman Karly Hartzman had this to say about the new song. “‘Elderberry Wine’ is about the potential for sweet things in life (love, family, success) to become poison if not prepared for and attended to correctly. Elderberry is known as a healing fruit, and is an ingredient in many tonics and syrups to aid the immune system. One time however, my sister consumed them raw and it immediately induced vomiting. So ‘Elderberry Wine’ is ultimately a love song about creating just the right environment for fulfillment. There’s a delicate balance that needs to be created, especially in love, for two lives to intersect without poisoning each other.”
Wednesday is Karly Hartzman, MJ Lenderman, Xandy Chelmis, Alan Miller, and Ethan Baechtold.
The single comes along with a music video directed by Spencer Kelly. About the video, Kelly says: “We shot most of this music video at The Bench, Greensboro’s second-oldest bar and easily one of its most vibrant. On any given day, you’ll find people there from all walks of life swapping stories beneath the music blasting overhead. We came in with some specific scripted scenes, but we wanted to capture the bar as authentically as possible—so everyone you see in the video is a regular, including Karly’s dad, George. This video is a bit of a love letter to places like this, where the sense of community runs deep and the beers are always cold.”
The release of the single and music video line up with their television debut happening tonight on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. The show airs at 11:35 p.m. ET/PT and 10:35 p.m. CT on CBS.
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