Singer-songwriter and producer Shye has released her first single of the year, “safe”. A song about finding refuge in one’s community, Shye continues to refine her artistry as she plays with ambient sounds and different textures in the track. Fans can stream the single here.
Shye explains, “I think it can get pretty crazy out there and sometimes it can be hard to find people that you can be at ease with. I personally still struggle with that.
So I wanted to write a song about the way it feels to be around people and more specifically, being around people you trust and feel safe with. The song is essentially also about wanting them to feel the same way you do when they’re in your company, hence the lyrics,
‘Around me, when you’re in my company, I hope I can make you feel the same way I do’.” The melancholic track follows last year’s EP ‘idk it’s complicated’. The EP saw Shye revisit her bedroom pop sound, touching on the complications of dealing with crushes and friendships, and finding the sweet spot where you feel you belong.
Singer-songwriter and producer Shye has released her new single “Flower”, a song about unrequited love. Fans can stream the single here.
“People can be fickle and feelings change all the time – it’s easy to blame or doubt yourself,” Shye shares. “Some listeners might be able to relate to loving someone and desperately wanting to be their all, but the feelings are not always returned.
I hope they do not doubt that they are worthy of love – I hope they remember that in the right environment, they can grow and bloom.” On producing the track, she explains, “I really enjoy experimenting with new sounds. This song started off with a simple guitar melody that soon turned into a grunge track.
The production process was pretty simple once I came up with a topline melody, and I used a synth pad to create a melancholic feel especially during the choruses.” “Flower” follows her previous single “Safe” and last year’s EP ‘idk it’s complicated’.
The EP saw Shye revisit her bedroom pop sound, touching on the complications of dealing with crushes and friendships, and finding the sweet spot where you feel you belong.
Singer-songwriter and producer Shye has released her new single “Joke”, an angry anthem about seeing things for what they are when one takes off their rose-tinted glasses.
“There’s frustration, sarcasm and derision when words and actions don’t match,” Shye explains. “The song is not only a way to blow off steam for being fooled, but also a chance to laugh at oneself for missing the joke in the very first place.” Fans can stream the single here.
Shye continues, “We are all guilty of making poor judgements at one point or another. It is annoying to realise that we can be so blind but perhaps the lesson is sometimes necessary in order for us to learn something.” On her new music, she shares,
“For the direction in my upcoming works, I’m going for a more grunge sound, which is something I really enjoy but have not particularly done before so it was exciting learning how to mix and produce a new genre.
I had shown a brief demo of it on one of the episodes on the Youth Pi Project show in China so I’m really happy to be able to finally share the finished song.”
