Tess & The Details’ Standing on the Edge is a sharp examination of emotional contradiction, a song and video pairing that thrives on imbalance rather than resolution. At first glance or first listen, it lands like a sugar rush of pop punk joy. The song is immediate and infectious, designed to stick around after a single listen, and it barrels forward with an intoxicating sense of momentum. Everything about its surface suggests release, movement, and confidence. But that forward motion is a carefully constructed misdirection. Beneath the polish and speed, the song is quietly unraveling. The track leans heavily into its catchiness without ever letting it drift into emptiness. Instead, that brightness acts as camouflage for lyrics that are far darker and more internal than the sound implies. Standing on the Edge explores emotional precarity, the feeling of hovering at a breaking point without ever fully tipping over. There is a constant sense of emotional vertigo, an awareness that so...