Philadelphia-based indie-pop and soul artist Taya Elle makes her debut with "Don't Love You," a gut-wrenching ballad that captures the sensation of desperation and love, combined with an inability to express or understand either.
The track was produced by 3x Grammy nominee Joe "Capo" Kent, who crafts a slow-burning piece about the healing process of acceptance and grief, woven beneath every line. Taya's voice floats over the swirling emotion surrounding her. She has a distinct stillness in her execution that seems as though her distressed bearing has shaped each line.
And she skillfully navigates between English and Spanish, developing what is at once a universal option and a profoundly distinct landscape. The single "Don't Love You" is a confession sung to the audience, dedicated to the underlying doubt that a single being can know another.
Influences like Sade, Sabrina Claudio, Billie Eilish, and Ariana Grande can be heard in Taya Elle's sound. Her openness and sincerity make her more comfortable. The result is a singer-songwriter with empathic feelings. Taya Elle is remarking on the viewpoint she introduces in her introduction, "Don't Love you," not to make herself known, but to explain her passion, connection, and a feeling that depends on all of humanity.
