The artist continues to showcase her uniquely poised songwriting.
Emmrose is an artist who has garnered a reputation for her lush indie pop sound and gorgeously poised brand of immersive storytelling and songwriting, often weaving wistful narratives that encapsulate themes of love and life in a relatable and thoughtful manner.
Unfortunately, the artist’s latest single covers a time in recent history that we are all a bit too familiar with, the closing down of the world thanks to the recent pandemic and subsequent lockdowns. The artist explores the time that she feels that she had stolen from her as a 17 year old and the damage that that had on her education, friendships, the conversations suddenly put on hold and frozen. Musically though, the track has this gorgeous, ethereal quality that belies its sadness, stunning, layered vocals create this feeling of charming optimism while the artist sings about broken friendships that she is slowly losing the chance to mend. Themes like forgiveness, isolation and letting go are explored on the track, and Emmrose’s thoughtful and immersive writing style makes for a personable listening experience that evokes our own struggles that we had during such a weird and unprecedented time.
“I feel that I never really finished high school because I was in zoom-school all year.” Emmrose admits. “I felt that I grew as a person but didn’t get to show that to anyone. It was very frustrating for no one to see that. I was still upset with how everything happened with a particular
friendship, and that I never had a chance to really talk one on one about how I felt. I don’t like holding grudges and I don’t want to have people thinking poorly about me. I was hoping to apologize, but New York shut down.”
