Sophie Jamieson’s new single “Vista,” is a woozy ballad and a sweeping reflection of what it can mean to fall in love. It chronicles the dizzying intensity while also reflecting on how easy it is to lose yourself to it all, when you are constantly seeking footing in another person.
She shares, “Written in the midst of falling in love, I think I sensed the danger in my own emotions. It was intense and rapid, and though I didn’t realize it at the time, this song seems to reveal my awareness of losing myself very quickly. I felt like a child, in good and bad ways. Everything felt electrified, but also lonely. I found myself painting this picture of a long car drive along cliffs under empty skies, constantly ruining everything, always asking for too much.”
The London-based singer-songwriter will release her highly anticipated second album I still want to share next Friday, January 17 via Bella Union. Throughout I still want to share, Sophie takes the enormity of the word ‘love’ and peels back its layers.
If Sophie’s debut LP Choosing explored the self-destructive urge that swells from running away from one’s whole self, I still want to share muscles through, song by song, doing its best to face it. It lifts the lid on the roots of how we love and digs in even deeper, leaning into our deficiencies but doing so from a stronger, healthier place that is much less afraid of the pain that inevitably comes with feeling everything.
What do you think of Sophie Jamieson’s latest, “Vista”?
