French singer/songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist Deji Seigert is the mastermind behind the emerging synth project Neon Valley. Inspired by late 70s and early 80s pop, Seigert’s work, which is created in his home studio, has a decidedly nostalgic feel — with a modern twist. 

After working on Disiz‘s latest album L’Amour, the French singer/songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist released, the St. Lucia-like “Fortune Cookie,” a moody, hook-driven bit of synth pop built around glistening synth arpeggios, a funky and propulsive bass line and Seigert’s punchy yet plaintive delivery. Thematically, the song thematically touches on the simultaneously feelings of disillusionment and nostalgia for seemingly better times.

Seigert’s latest Neon Valley single “One Night” continues a run of breezy and decidedly 80s-inspired pop anthems, with the song built around a nostalgia-inducing yet modern-leaning production featuring atmospheric and glistening synth arpeggios, buzzing bass synths, bursts of Nile Rodgers-like funk guitar paired with the French artist’s yearning vocal and his penchant for enormous, remarkably catchy hooks. Much like his previously released material, “One Night” is rooted in introspective, lived-in lyricism — with the song’s narrator detailing an age-old tale of love gained, love lost, heartbreak and longing.

‘One Night’ is a synth pop song driven by synthesizers, electric guitars and gated reverb drums that draws inspiration from the 80s. The lyrics touch on themes of regrets and loneliness,” Seigert says of the new single.

Certainly, if you’re a child of the 80s, as I am, you might have danced to a song like “One Night” at a house party or a school dance, while longing for someone you couldn’t have — or didn’t know you existed.