Review: "airplane mode" - Yorke
- Azalea Withrow
- 12 minutes ago
- 2 min read
"Airplane mode" is Yorke's admitted favorite track off her newly released EP, Unfinished Business. The single is the opener for the EP, which Yorke explains sets the tone for the songs that follow, "It’s [airplane mode] almost like this pipe dream of wanting to feel nothing, and then love on the run comes in and you’re swept straight back into the story of finding someone when you least expect it." Yorke shares that the ultra-danceable pop song was written about a yearning to turn off her emotions for a time as a "highly empathetic" person. Co-written in Los Angeles, the song was written in just a few hours. Yorke said about the writing process, "it was just one of those days where everything feels very alive in the room."
The pulsing beat and hyper-pop-adjacent production of "airplane mode," particularly in its chorus, creates a wonderful juxtaposition between the heartfelt, earnest lyricism and unrestrained, creative soundscape. Using a myriad of unique instrumental sounds, such as the piano accordion, gives the single a vibrant musical composition heard from start to finish. Yorke's self-aware, rapidly delivered lyrics mesh perfectly with the upbeat, bouncing musical background. Making use of plentiful track layering, the song commands attentive listening. The energetic surges of sound at work in "airplane mode" mirror the adrenaline of a boxing match, which is the locale of the song's music video, shot in Tokyo at a local boxing gym.
The 27-year-old Australian pop artist known as Yorke, Grace Hughes off-stage, has just announced her headlining tour of Australia's east coast beginning in November. The past year, Yorke has been busy releasing an EP, touring across the globe, and making her first trip to Japan, where she was invited to support and perform with indigo la End at their sold-out Tokyo show at the International Forum Hall. She has been writing music for over a decade, garnering almost 100,000 monthly Spotify listeners since first releasing her music in 2019. With the release of unfinished business comes a new era of musicianship for Yorke, who is quickly establishing herself as one of Australia's dynamic, young pop stars on the rise.
Written By Azalea Withrow
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