We had a chat with Blake Madison about her captivating new single ‘Wait My Dear’
With the release of her stunning new single ‘Wait My Dear’, classically trained singer, songwriter, and creative director Blake Madison taps into a powerful and captivating side of her distinctive sound as she explores some of the challenges and difficulties that come with growing into a woman, with the track unfolding like a soft and nuanced warning that has a real sense of heart and composure to it throughout.
The deft tone of her vocals and the stirring way that the track progresses make for a listening experience that feels almost hypnotic in its allure, smooth and gentle but with an underlying tension and haunting quality that comes with its message. It makes for an endlessly interesting and memorable release that deserves to be picked apart and explored, and we had a chat with Blake Madison to do just that and find out about some of the ideas and concepts behind the track’s story and its stylistic choices.
Hey! We love your new single ‘Wait My Dear’, what more can you tell us about it?
Wait my Dear is about the journey from girlhood to womanhood and the dangers that arise as a result of that journey. It’s a warning, a lullaby, a message passed from woman to woman, generation to generation, from mother to child and from future to past self. It’s a hauntingly beautiful message because it acknowledges and even celebrates the beauty of womanhood while also passing along a quiet almost unspoken understanding between souls.
What was the process like putting it together?
I drew from a deeply personal experience while putting together ‘Wait My Dear’, so the actual lyrics of the song came in an almost stream of consciousness-like moment. I was going through a pretty hard time and felt like I was losing myself. I had recently experienced a pretty life changing incident and I felt a bit hollow at the time, numb. I view music as a sort of poetry and that’s what I felt I was writing when I wrote ‘Wait My Dear’, which took about 30 minutes because mostly it wrote itself.
I composed and programmed the initial musical track and the first thing I heard was this really simple, really beautiful guitar string pattern. It made me hold my breath when I first listened. There was something about the hollow almost plucking melody that made me feel like it was calling. It was almost reminiscent of a whisper. After 20 minutes of letting myself be lulled into a trance by this melody and mindlessly humming along to it, I began to just sing what was on my heart. The first thing that came out of my mouth was this dark, deep almost whisper-like voice saying “Wait my Dear, it’s so quiet out here”. I immediately knew that this song would be something special. I had never heard that level of maturity, intensity, fear, and emotion portrayed so deeply in my voice before. It was like everything that was consuming me was being released through this almost warning-like phrase that I sang. I didn’t have my usual songbook nearby so I wrote that phrase down on a piece of scrap paper and decided to keep singing just to see what I could create. I also audio record absolutely everything when I write songs so I have this entire session in a voicenote. I pretty much repeated that phrase “Wait My Dear” over and over and gave different warnings. Before I knew it, a song was fully coming together and it felt alive. Once I solidified the first version and realized I loved it, I recorded a ROUGH draft demo on logic pro on my laptop with my $20 Amazon recording equipment. The first demo is much harsher sound than the final, not necessarily in a production sense but melodically I really leaned into the dissonance and the fear and haunting nature of the song. I think the final version is a much more gentle song than my original idea. Over the course of time, stewing and going back and recording and rerecording, I finally got a version that I was completely satisfied with. I think it does such a beautiful job of playing on the fear but masking it in this beautiful melody.
What were your biggest influences when creating it?
Honestly, this song is so unlike anything I’ve ever heard I think the influences are plentiful but hard to identify because of the way the song came about. I think there is almost a level of Gregorian chants that influenced at least the process behind writing it. I think just having the loop on repeat and saying long, story-like phrases on top of it is pretty reminiscent of that practice. I also think I am heavily influenced by fairy-tales when writing songs. Later down the line in the writing process I started to almost take on a maternal, omniscient third person narrator perspective. Almost like a narrator watching “little red riding hood” Like “little did she know” where everyone else can see a character in danger but just has to sit and watch it happen.
How do you feel like your sound has progressed across your five releases?
I really love this question because I think it’s so interesting to analyze my sound since I have no defined genre right now. I write in so many different styles, and I am so heavily influenced by so many varying styles of music that I think it’s really interesting finding the things that ties all my songs back to me. I think my confidence has grown exponentially in the almost 2 years since I began actually releasing my music. I have been a singer my entire life, I have been a songwriter my entire life as well but there is such an intense vulnerability that comes from actually fully putting yourself out there and I think no matter how long you’ve been doing something, it’s always scary to do it at a different level or in a way you’re not familiar with. I can hear my confidence in my sound shoot up increasingly with each release. I am actively developing through-lines in my music since the styles do and will continue to vary so drastically. There is a certain story like quality to all of my music that I think helps define my sound. There is usually a story in my songs in some way, shape or form. I also think my sound has progressed in terms of getting comfortable using different aspects of my voice to embellish or emphasize the story I’m telling with my music.
What else do you have planned for the near future?
I have so much planned, and I’m genuinely excited for all of it. Right now, I’m really focused on continuing to grow as an artist and pushing my sound further into this cinematic alternative pop space that blends storytelling, layered vocals, emotion, and visual world-building. I’ve been developing a larger body of work that feels incredibly personal and immersive, and over the next year I plan to continue releasing music, with a debut project release in 2027. I am also expanding into more live performances, and building stronger visual components around the project through film, creative direction, and performance.
I’m really interested in creating experiences that feel emotionally connective and intentional, work that people can not only listen to, but fully step inside of. A lot of what excites me right now is the idea of building worlds around music and creating art that feels honest, vulnerable, and human. Alongside that, I’m the Co-Founder and CEO of Middle Man Agencies, an artist development agency focused on helping artists build sustainable and authentic careers, so I’m passionate about creating opportunities and support systems for other creatives as well. Overall, I just feel really energized about where everything is headed creatively.
