Sigrid has launched a brand new period of her profession with the “free-spirited and joyous” new single ‘Jellyfish’ – hear beneath.
The Norwegian pop singer – full title Sigrid Solbakk Raabe – has not launched new music since her 2023 EP ‘The Hype’, and her final full-length studio album was 2022’s ‘How To Let Go’.
Now, she is again with ’Jellyfish’, a observe that oozes with ‘00s indie nonchalance and breezy manufacturing. The one is out now through Island/EMI and you’ll watch the video right here:
Talking in regards to the tune, Sigrid has stated: “It’s my barely extra free-spirited and joyous facet. I wished it to really feel straightforward – like a Scandinavian summer time. Flirting can really feel so chaotic and silly, however that’s the most effective a part of it.”
“I like utilizing my voice as a vessel to pour my coronary heart out,” she added, “however on this tune, I wished it to sound carefree, joyful and playful – perhaps a bit nonchalant.”
Sigrid wrote ‘Jellyfish’ alongside her longtime collaborator Askjell Solstrand, who additionally co-wrote her breakthrough single ‘Dynamite’.
Sigrid may even be enjoying various festivals for the remainder of this summer time, together with TRNSMT, Montreux Jazz, Tramlines, Latitude and Y Not.
In a four-star evaluate of ‘How To Let Go’ in 2022, NME wrote: “This completed follow-up additionally contains a beneficiant collection of hovering choruses. ‘Burning Bridges’ and ‘Thank Me Later’ are so epically catchy, they make dumping somebody sound sort of uplifting. However, crucially, ‘How To Let Go’ additionally sees Sigrid broaden her shimmering synth-pop sound in ways in which really feel measured with out being tentative.”
“Even when her lyrics flirt with cliché – “it will get darkish so I can see the celebrities” – Sigrid sings them with such infectious sincerity that she will get away with it. If ‘How To Let Go’ is an album about embracing life in all its chaotic and contradictory glory, it’s absolutely a testomony to its success that the file feels so life-affirming. Like the most effective pop music, it seems like somebody’s reached out to say they know precisely how you are feeling.”
