Abi Mia – Here to Stay (2021)
Everyone has events that happen in the past that we want to forget and think we have moved on from that only come back to us when we least expect them. These moments form the foundation of ‘Here to Stay’ by Abi Mia. Personal and emotional, it looks at the difficulty of moving on from the negative things that have happened in the past and the struggle to let them go.
Drawing on inspiration from her own life, Mia lets her emotions flow through the relatable soundscape of the single. With a goal of empowering and uplifting people, she helps listeners work through their emotions while lighting a path to something powerful. With her powerful vocals and confident style, she has you wrestling with memories of the past only to come out smiling on the other side.
‘Here to Stay’ opens with a delicate piano melody that rises and falls like breathing. There is a tenderness to the music that pulls you into an intimate soundscape for a personal sharing of emotion. The beats take over from the piano for the chorus as the vocals soar against your ears. The dip back to that delicate piano line after the chorus is wonderful and adds a rhythmic flow to the music. This ebb and flow of music mimics the coming of memories that you think you have let go of.
Abi Mia’s vocals enter as a smooth line over the piano. Through the opening verse of the single, she lays out everything that we try to move on from. This comes to a head on the chorus as her vocals soar and take you along for the ride. There is a lot of emotional power in her performance on the chorus that tugs at your heart. Her vocals match the movement of the melody for tender moments on the verses before soaring with realisation on the chorus. Through all of this, she connects with the feeling of unexpected memories and the struggle of moving on. As the song progresses, the lightness of her vocals brings a sense of closure and knowledge that you can live with these memories without burying them.
Abi Mia takes on memories of negative events that come back at unexpected times in her emotionally tender single ‘Here to Stay’. Through the ebb and flow of the music, she captures the feeling of forgetting and remembering. Her powerful vocal performance is emotive and engaging letting you know that she understands what you are going through.
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