I’ve tried so many times to try and begin this review over the last few days and I just didn’t know where to begin. I played this song a few times on my show, it started out on Islington Radio then when I moved to Exile FM then I played it then too. It’s never left me.
So why have I picked this song for my track of the year and struggling to write about it?
Well the answer’s simple, and not so simple.
I felt this song on a molecular level and on the surface too. Let’s talk about the melody. Amelie comes at this with a vulnerability, it’s a confessional for her. I can pretty much imagine having to pour your soul out at the mic:
“Such an innocent face, over a wolf like mind,
Tore me up every day,
I saw red colourblind.”
That grabbed me immediately. But what really got me was this next line:
“Why so twisted, her pleasure my tears,
Now I’m guessing her own home was Infested with fears.”
She’s talking about her bully a tormenter, and because of Amelie’s nature she sympathises with her.
This is testament to the family that she comes from. They are kind souls and we will come back to that later.
Through this song, you feel that Amelie’s come through a lot, and we will never know the full story, but this song feels like a form of healing for her, it’s a middle finger to the bullies of the world, and through to the end of the song she tells you she’s made it and you can too.
Instrumental wise, this is epic, there are strings, piano, percussion, bass, it’s all beautifully played too. It all builds up to a big finish where you hear an audience cheering. This could be interpreted as being received by friends and family, or walking out on stage to a crowd. Ultimately Amelie’s life has changed – I’ve been keeping an eye on her career so far for some time, and she’s young but sings and writes with the passion and pain of a 40 year old. Isn’t that something?
I could write so much about this song but it makes me emotional when I listen to it, and all I can do is say thankyou to Amelie for putting this out in the world, people need to hear it, if you’re going through something put this on.
Me?
I’m just going to go hug my mum.
