Every Single Heart

Affectionately “Shadow You Become”

I’m not going to lie to you: There is no better way of describing this song than by saying it is ~~extremely chillwave~~. If the original wave of chillwave was about making music that sounded like a nostalgic but vague memory of ’80s pop, “Shadow You Become” sounds like a nostalgic but vague memory of chillwave itself. The production is paper thin and exceptionally woozy, and the sentiment is sweet and romantic but also weirdly passive – this guy is singing about wanting to find “the person that I’ll love” and figuring he’ll only find them if he goes to sleep. The melodies are what make this song, particularly the main guitar motif that’s been processed to sound so high and tinny that it sounds like the sound of a musical toy.

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