Welcome to Origins, a recurring series of Consequence that gives artists a place to break down everything that went into their latest release. Today, Winter takes listeners through “the lonely girl.”
Dream pop act Winter has released a new song titled “the lonely girl.” The song features elegant '90s nostalgia and nods to various styles of popular music from that decade.
The initial idea for the song came about in the middle of a songwriting course with Phil Elverum (The Microphones, Mount Eerie), during which he proposed writing a song with two juxtaposed sections. The first half of the song mixes trip-hop and dream pop influences with spoken word-style vocals. Then, just before the two minute mark, the song explodes into a shoegaze tone and the vocals take a turn towards the melodic.
The artist born Samira Winter tells Consequence that the song was also inspired by the concept of “verticalization.” “Basically, if you conceptualized time in a spiral, every time you have a memory, a feeling, or even the smell of an old perfume that transports you to a past moment, it's like you're being 'verticalized.' to another point in the spiral of your life,” she explains.
The track arrives as Winter's first new material since the release of her latest album, 2022's. What kind of blue are you? Winter has also announced two shows in April opening for Drop Nineteens in California. Get tickets here.
Listen to the new song “the Lonely Girl” below and read on for Origins’ Winter’s breakdown of the new song.
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