Presley Duyck – My Someone (2022)
With her single ‘Happy 22!’, Presley Duyck had us feeling uneasy emotions before she offered some upliftment in ‘Cold Together’. She is now balancing emotions through her single ‘My Someone’. With a classical yet modern sound, she brings a story of love and hope countered by longing and sadness. These emotions have been woven into the story of a man who leaves his wife to go to war despite her pleas for him to stay.
The detailed story is woven into an emotive tapestry by the beautiful lyrics and touch melodies. Duyck’s love of folk music, classic rock and storytelling is on full display in this single as she tugs at your heartstrings with the emotions she invokes. Adding her talents as a songwriter to the timeless sound of her vocals leaves you with songs that you can’t get enough of.
The guitar that opens ‘My Someone’ has a soft rock feel to the movement while touching on the first emotions of the track. There is an almost nostalgic feeling to the melody that tugs at your emotions with a bittersweet feeling. The guitar, provided by Nick Lashley, calls out at times furthering the emotive hit of the single. It is a gentle melody that flows through your senses with a delicate yet poignant emotional touch. After the second chorus, the strings bring a new rich beauty to the melody that is tinged with pain. Through the melody, Duyck packs a lot of emotions into your veins that her vocals pick up on and take to a new level.
As you feel the first touches of contrasting emotions in the melody, it is the vocals that really bring them to life. Duyck’s voice has a classical touch to it, but there is a modern edge that makes her performance wonderfully timeless. This timelessness bolsters the story of the single making it easier to connect with. Through the lyrics, she brings one side of the story to our ears as she details the feelings of a wife left behind during a war. There is a pain at being left, longing for the person to come back and a plea for the person to be safe and make it home safely. Every element of this single comes together to inundate your senses with the tug of emotions in your chest.
Presley Duyck tugs at your heartstrings with the timeless sound of ‘My Someone’ as she balances pain, longing, pleas, love and hope. The melody starts the emotional journey with a slightly nostalgic edge before rising on the rich beauty of the strings and guitar. Her vocals reach into your chest to tug at your emotions filling you with the feelings of the main character of the lyrical tale.
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