Chicago-based, self-described goth pop duo Clubdrugs have developed a reputation both locally and regionally for a genre-defying sound and for captivating live performances. The duo’s latest single, the recently released “Waiting” is a sleek and slickly produced, hook-driven and club friendly bop featuring glistening synth arpeggios, tweeter and woofer rattling thump and a sinuous and propulsive bass line that serve as a lush bed for Maria’s yearning vocal to ethereally float over. It’s the sort of song that’s perfect for the lovelorn and heartbroken to dance while crying their hearts out on the dance floor.

While being a dance floor anthem, the song as the duo explain is a love song — but at its core, a sad one. “‘Waiting’ tells the story of that excruciating, kick in the chest love can be sometimes be — where the heartbreak takes over all of your senses, all your thoughts, every moment of the day.” Clubdrugs’ Maria adds “You lay in bed at night, begging for sleep to come, but the pain and regret just reverberates inside your head — pleading desperately for relief.”

The accompanying self-directed video for “Waiting” encapsulates the set up of a live Clubdrugs set — the duo performing in front of fuzzy yet slickly edited stock footage from old movies, advertisements, art and of the band themselves.