Emotional

Emotional is the third single from the alternative pop rock band The New Romantic Devils from their sixth studio album Double Trouble. The Song was written by Rachel and Ed during break from touring. When Freddy heard the demo, he suggested adding some orchestration to the track and really pumping up the theatrics of the song. There are two versions of the song the album track and a single edit track released.
Background
Rachel was playing with a love ballad on her acoustic at her home while on break from touring in July of 2021. She had recovered from her car accident with Peyton earlier in the year and was finishing up rehab. She called Ed Anziotti over to her house to help her work on the song. They had developed a relationship and she wanted to explore the feeling together with this song. When they had finished the core of the track, they took it to Archie to listen to. He liked the song and suggested changing some guitar parts on the chorus and the three of them continued to work on the track. In August of 2021 while recording for the album the song was played for Freddy who insisted it be included on the album. 
Recording
The song was recorded on August 20th, 2021, in memory of Rachel, Peyton, and Archie's Mom. Freddy wanted to add orchestra and choir to the song to give it a really theatrical feel to it. The band agreed. The 1st recording of the song has the choir intro and only Peyton's synth and then the guitars start. This version also has a much heavier guitar sound. After the song was mixed with Atom. Freddy wanted to redo the song and had the band come back to the studio. He had Rachel add some piano to the track at the intro and on top of Peyton synth track. He also had Peyton play her synth over the chorus instead of Ed and Archie's Guitar. This version was recorded on August 23rd, 2021. After this version was mixed both versions were played for the band by Freddy and Atom. Archie suggested rerecording the solo in the middle of the song and taking out the heavier sound and do more of a blues version. Ed and He went recorded the new solo and the track were remixed on August 24th, 2021. The band liked both versions of the song very much and considered including both on the album. As the album had already grown to a double album it was decided that the slightly longer second version would be the album version. The First version was released as a single. ￼
Personnel
Archie Monroe- Lead and Rhythm Guitars
Ed Anziotti- Lead and Rhythm guitars
Rachel Monroe- Lead Vocals and Piano
JT Dubach- Bass
Keith Hudson- Drums
Peyton Reed- Synth and backing vocals