Stranded started out on the train. Since I currently take public transport everywhere, it takes a lot of time to go anywhere and I was feeling frustrated and thinking to myself, "I spend all my time on the train going nowhere and back again..." The songwriter in me screamed that it was a line worthy of being in a song, so I pulled out my phone and started taking notes on my feelings as well as the cityscape around me. In order to better convey the emotions of despair and dejection, I gradually incorporated the story of searching for someone/something long lost; be it a loved one, or a previous dream/ambition, or even a lost feeling like hope. At the time, I was also listening to songs about heartbreak (duh?!), and other songs about the lingering feelings of love and loneliness after someone leaves, which possibly shaped the song subconsciously. Most of these tracks were either soulful acoustic ballads like Arcade (Duncan Lawrence) and Always Remember Us This Way (Lady Gaga), or electropop, mellow yet danceable, like Ghost (Biebs) and You Broke Me First (Tate McRae). In terms of style, I wanted something that fell under my overarching genre of pop, and would be boppy but laced with a hint of melancholy. The sound choices were dictated by the intention to convey feelings of coldness, darkness, and emptiness.

Stranded

A singer-songwriter, actively composing and writing songs for around two years now. My sound pulls from pop influences, both contemporary and retro, tied together by a signature style of songwriting.

Stranded

Syante