SINGLE REVIEW: 100 – NEW DAY
Taken from her EP ‘JIHAD’ — a project shaped by heartbreak and emotional excavation — ‘NEW DAY’ unfolds as an immersive, absorbing soundscape that favours subtlety over spectacle. From the opening moments, the track feels solemn yet tender, carried by vocals that fuse autotune with a striking fragility, giving every line a slightly fractured edge.
Soft, swirling production lays the foundation: glistening synths, gentle wave textures, and a sense of space that makes the track feel as though it’s physically washing over you. It’s vulnerable, thoughtful, delicate, and purposefully understated — the kind of arrangement where every quiet detail becomes part of a bigger emotional picture.
The dynamics are handled with care; volume swells and retreats shape the track’s momentum, making it increasingly engulfing without ever overwhelming its core softness. There’s a constant push-and-pull between brokenness and composure, giving the track its haunting, pensive character.
Just after the halfway mark, the atmosphere begins to shift. The music brightens, the textures open out, and as she proclaims “it’s a new day,” there’s a genuine sense of clouds lifting — a subtle but powerful awakening. It doesn’t try to soar; instead, it gently steps from shadow into light.
The closing section introduces a streak of distorted noise, a final, distinctive touch that grounds the track in raw emotion rather than neat resolution.
A creative, atmospheric piece that moves more like art than a conventional single — restrained, expressive, and quietly transformative.
