INSIDE MY HOUSE

## From *INSIDE MY HOUSE*

1. "BURN"
Released on August 12th, 2022
2. "THUNDER"
Exclusively released on June 2023

***INSIDE MY HOUSE***, (originally titled as ***FLOWERS***), is the debut extended play (EP) by James Lares. It was released on July 15th, 2023 through digital download.

## Background and Promotion

Starting August 1st to 3rd, 2022, Lares began posting a snippet of "BURN" to all his socials promoting it as his first independent single. The release was a success which gave him a lot of recognition, gathering over 2-3 thousand streams on Spotify on its debut.

Around June of 2023, Lares exclusively released "THUNDER" on Slaps, asking opinions about the song.

On July 6th, 2023, Lares had finished planning the initial tracklist, which "UNIMPORTANT", and "MONSTER" were supposed to be listed, but eventually scrapped after the final cut.

Lares planned to create lyric videos for each song on the EP as a promotion. It appeared that he is releasing each of them in a reverse-chronological order. Starting with the last track on the EP, the lyric video for "BURN" was also released a day after it was distributed on all streaming services on August 13th, 2022 on YouTube to promote the single more, being the first song on the EP to have a lyric video. After a year, the lyric video for "KEEP YOU CLOSE" was released on July 31st, 2023, being the second song on the EP to receive a lyric video. Followed by "IN THE NUDE", on August 23rd, 2023, Lares released the lyric video for this song on YouTube, being the third song on the EP to recieve a lyric video. Lastly, the lyric video for "THUNDER' was released on October 2nd, 2023, officially ending the era.

On July 11th, 2023, Lares posted a snippet of "THUNDER", "IN THE NUDE", and "KEEP YOU CLOSE" on his YouTube channel, and announcing that the EP will be released on July 15th, 2023. Also that day, the extended play was available to be pre-saved.

On the day the extended play (EP) was released, on July 15th, 2023, Lares announced the EP's release, as well as posting the art cover of the EP, and a preview of each song.

On November 12th, 2023, Lares exclusively released "The River" as a conclusion of this whole extended play (EP).

## Theme

Each songs on the EP are personal to Lares, while having intimate, touching lyrics that everyone could relate to. Each track in the EP also interweaves references to one another, creating an intricate web of connections. The recurring themes of "flowers growing," "waters flowing," and "falling" are carefully threaded throughout every song, underscoring the seamless cohesion that ties each piece together.

## Tracklist

The EP contains one explicit song, and three non-explicit songs.

* The symbol, '🅴' indicates the song is explicit.

* Final track list (INSIDE MY HOUSE EP)
* Original track list (FLOWERS EP)

As revealed by Lares on January 23th, 2024 on Twitter. He shared the initial tracklist of *FLOWERS* (the original title of the EP).

### Scrapped songs

#### Key

* **Bold** typing indicates that the song has been fully surfaced online or officially [or exclusively] released.
* *Italic* typing indicates that the song was never released and has yet to surface fully online.

#### List

1. "*Extra Blue*"
2. "*MONSTER* *(English version)*"
3. "*MONSTER (Spanish version)*"
4. "**The River**"
5. "**Unimportant**"

## Gallery

Promotional photo for "THUNDER".Promotional photo for "IN THE NUDE".Promotional photo for "KEEP YOU CLOSE".OuttakeBehind the scene
## Trivia

* The cover art was created by his friend, smokiazo, the same person who created the cover art for "BURN".
	+ He also edited every lyric videos that were made for each song on the EP, except "THUNDER" - edited by Lares himself.
* Lares' favorite track on the EP is "IN THE NUDE".
* "KEEP YOU CLOSE" is the only song on the EP to contain billingual language; Spanish and English.
* According to Lares, these songs were outtakes from his upcoming project, and stated that they were "too good" to be stored in his discard pile.
* This is the first explicit discography he ever released.
	+ "IN THE NUDE" is the only explicit song on the EP.
* In some platforms like Apple Music or Musicxmatch, the titles are not fully capitalized.
	+ The album title, "Inside My House" instead of "INSIDE MY HOUSE".
	+ The first track, "Thunder" instead of "THUNDER".
	+ The second track, "In the Nude" instead of "IN THE NUDE".
	+ The third track, "Keep You Close" instead of "KEEP YOU CLOSE".
	+ The fourth track, "Burn" instead of "BURN".

## References

1. ↑ https://slaps.com/track/BkUjYr9u
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 https://www.instagram.com/p/CutRBw-OoZd/?img\_index=1
5. ↑ https://twitter.com/jameslaress/status/1749583116996370696
6. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/CuuOcc0OZxZ/
7. ↑ https://music.apple.com/us/album/inside-my-house-ep/1696544309
8. ↑ https://www.musixmatch.com/album/James-Lares/Inside-My-House-EP