Vance Joy – “Fascination in the Dark” | Song of the Week

Maybe it’s love, maybe it’s Stockholm Syndrome. Sometimes it’s both.

Exploring the electric uncertainty of new attraction – that hazy space between connection and commitment. ‘Fascination in the Dark’ unfolds like a late-night encounter charged with possibility: the dim lighting, flowing wine, and blurred edges of conversation mirror the ambiguity of two people testing emotional depth. Vance Joy captures that magnetic curiosity (“you’re a mystery, I’m tryna get it right”) while acknowledging love’s fleeting and fragile nature (“maybe we’ll hold on, maybe we’ll break”). It feels both romantic and restless – a celebration of the thrill that comes before clarity, where fascination itself becomes the spark worth chasing.

The music video deepens the feeling, turning that spark into a desert-set, Bonnie-and-Clyde-style adventure – a visual metaphor for how attraction can feel lawless and electric, reckless but alive. Together, the song and its imagery explore the excitement of connection before commitment — when everything feels possible, and the mystery is half the magic.

Vance Joy has your PEAK Song of the Week with ‘Fascination in the Dark’.