Love has always been central to FLO’s music, but on this album they explore its messier realities, with nights out providing the backdrop for stories of heartbreak, healing and friendship.
“So go ahead and kiss who you wanna / whatever the trauma / If you ever fall out of love / try therapy at the club,” they sing on the title track.
Quaresma says the title came to represent the role friends can play during difficult moments.
“It’s the idea that you’re having the worst time of your life, but your friends are saying, ‘No, you’re coming out, you’re going to dance and forget about it for a second.'”
While R&B remains at the heart of FLO’s sound, they say they also aimed to push further into pop on their second album.
Quaresma says making Therapy at the Club taught her “how fun it is to really blend genres and to delve more into making pop music to make really big songs”.
One example is Remedied, co-written with Grammy-winning songwriter Amy Allen, who has worked with pop stars Sabrina Carpenter and Tate McRae.
When making their Grammy-nominated debut album, Access All Areas, the FLO trio wrote songs together – but for Therapy at the Club, they wrote separately before bringing ideas back to one another.