Dutch/Surinamese folk-pop singer-songwriter néomí embraces a more euphoric dream-pop tinged style on emotive new number “your girl,” which delves into people’s interpretation of you and the realisation that you’re losing yourself in how they see you.
Drawn from a place of anger, empowerment and a little bit of love, the intimate yet relatable track is a layered exploration of the vivid pictures that other people paint of you and working to find yourself outside of that.
Speaking of the track, she says, “ ‘your girl’ is about people (whether known personally to you or not) painting a picture ‘you’ using their own words, their stories, their interpretation of who they think you are today, or you should be tomorrow or how you were in the past. It is about realising that you are no longer playing yourself in your own ‘movie’ but instead find yourself trying to fulfil how others see you in their own ‘movie’. You lose yourself to another ‘you’ and become another character because of that. I noticed I was playing up to a character of how others around me saw me and had to work very hard to find myself again.”
Known for her ability to craft sincere sonic tales wrapped up by dreamy instrumentation, this latest track showcases the rising talent’s personal and musical growth as she swerves away from the acoustic-led trademark that she has been honing for the past few years, giving us a glimpse of where she hopes to take her sound next as she prepares for her debut album.
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