Imperfection (song)

"Imperfection" is a song on Synthesis. A clip of it is uploaded to the band's YouTube channel as part of the webisodes titled Inside Synthesis. Lee wrote the song from the perspective of someone "left behind" after a loss to suicide and depression. Lee confessed in 2019 that the song became "more special" to her following her brother's passing in January 2018. "Imperfection" has a "classical base", and fuses electronic and symphonic music with influences from EDM, hip hop music and R&B, featuring trip hop beats, a "swaggering cadence" and belting from Lee. On the album, it is preceded by a piano solo that transitions into the song. ==Release and reception==

"Imperfection" was released as the album's lead single for digital download and streaming on September 15, 2017. Rolling Stone's Ryan Reed stated that Evanescence "achieve electronic-symphonic symmetry" on the song. Kerri-Ann Roper of Belfast Telegraph highlighted "Imperfection" as one of the great tracks on the album. Kerrang!s Sam Law praised the song's composition. ==Music video==

"Imperfection"'s video premiered first on NME on October 19, 2017, before being available on Evanescence's YouTube channel. The piano solo that segues into "Imperfection" on the album introduces the song in the video. ==Track listing==

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Synthesis. • Amy Lee – vocals, piano, producer • Will "Spaceway" Hunt – producer, programming, synths, engineer • David Campbell – orchestra arrangement and conducting • Damian Taylor – mixing engineer • Nick Spezia – orchestral engineering • Gary Hedden – additional audio editing • Emily Lazar – mastering engineer • Chris Allgood – mastering assistance ==Charts==