Janeuary – Back where I belong (2024)
Music is more than sound, it is more than emotion, it is more than something that explores various themes or gives messages, music is a part of life. It is a part of listeners. It is a source of solace, celebration, comfort, acceptance – human essence in all its good and bad parts. One composer who seems to “get it” is singer-songwriter Janeuary.
Unafraid to dig into the deepest pit of her heart and share her soul with listeners, Janeuary’s melodies transcend time, distance and generations ensuring everyone connects in a sonic swirl. A bit intense, I know, but this songstress explains, “Every time I go to the studio, I do everything to the best of my ability, just like for the last time. It’s like I’m going to die tomorrow…”
Following her well-received singles ‘Bam Bam Bam’ and ‘Awakening’, Janeuary finds the line between alternative pop and classical music, then blurs it with a swift sweep of her hand in ‘Back where I belong’. Recorded and produced by Volodymyr Grigorovitch, with mixing and mastering by Andriy Kravchenko, January is joined by violist Maxim Oshchepkov in this skin-tingling composition. Simplistic at its core, ‘Back where I belong’ is an acoustic combination of viola, piano and Janeuary’s chilling vocals; however, the emotion and depth resonating from each “voice” makes the single kaleidoscopic. Moreover, while each instrument has a prominent personality demanding attention, it all comes together as a harmonic symphony.
While ‘Back where I belong’ brims with fragility, melancholy and brutal vulnerability, it is also hopeful and empowering with Janeuary displaying the wisdom of an “old soul in modern society”. She explains:
“I felt that something more was coming than just a “new composition”. I immediately felt its power as it approached… when I wrote, at five in the morning, looking at the dawn, I realised that there was no turning back. I wrote something eternal… This song is a story about love. This is the only thing that humanity will have at the end of existence…”
In addition to the single, Janeuary released an official music video for ‘Back where I belong’. You can view the video below and on Janeuary’s YouTube channel. Please note that this video uses lighting effects that can trigger seizures in people with photosensitive epilepsy. Viewer discretion is advised.
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Find out more about Janeuary on her Facebook, Instagram and Spotify.
This artist was discovered via Musosoup #sustainablecurator
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