The track continues to showcase the exciting artist’s unique personality and flair.
Melding an endlessly colourful and fun soundscape with harrowing and dramatic lyrics about mental health and your darkest inner thoughts is an interesting concept, and for Julianna Joy and her latest single ‘DEAD!’ it makes for a nuanced and thoughtful new single that showcases the unique appeal and personality of the artist and her multi-faceted sound.
The dramatic and over the top nature of the lyrics does a great job of mirroring the feelings that a lot of us feel on days where everything seems to be getting on top of us, with rationality and any kind of reason going out the window at the most minor of inconveniences. Above all though, and beneath the veil of the surreal, upbeat nature of the sound, there is something very human and real at the core of ‘DEAD!’ that feels raw and resonating, mental health is a subject that still often feels taboo and difficult to talk to despite our best efforts, and dressing it up in layers of irony and fun can take some of the sting out of laying your deepest fears and feelings out there for the world. This new single is a complex and powerful message from Julianna Joy, and one that showcases her strength as an artist and the sheer depth and power that she can convey on a track that is much more than initially meets the eye.
