Wannabe

A bright streak drawn through one's own storm – not to please, but to escape. The words sound like a manifesto: yes, the tickets have been bought, the bridges have been burned, the sun is beating down, and the truth can no longer be hidden behind excuses. There is no despair in this, but rather a strange, stubborn freedom – that moment when you stop bending and suddenly start breathing.

The chorus bursts out like a rejection of someone else's script: not to be ‘just another one,’ not to become a copy. A light hook, melancholic audacity – and instead of submission, your own rhythm appears. The music is like it's about people who are tired of pleasing others, who have wiped the mask off their faces and left only honesty: ‘I don't want to be anything, anything like you.’

Authors: Amber Van Day, Aaron Chaffin

Ian Walsh, Trent Dabs

Producers: Aaron Chaffin and Ian Walsh

Mixing: Aaron Chaffin

Mastering: John Greenham