Engage with a tale of romance and youth with artist philine’s recent single, “confused”. As if living within one of her thoughts, philine crafts a personal world surrounding the nature of romantic relationships and trying to make sense of varying emotions at a young age. “confused” details a connection that leaves philine with her head spinning. She doesn’t understand how, no matter how seemingly “bad” or different from expectations their interactions come to be, this other person wants to stick around. Additionally, this person is vastly different from philine – causing her to reflect on her own thoughts & beliefs. She discusses subtle change within “confused”, and how their differences have ultimately led to her becoming confused about the entire connection between them. In a modern dating setting, philine’s raw thoughts and openness regarding lack of clarity is a prime example of how to properly connect with audiences – as well as people in general.
Phrases such as “love” and “too soon” are mentioned in subtle ways throughout this track, yet as the song expands, philine dives specifically into why she’s confused about this romance. As mentioned in the first chorus, philine describes how this girl is “all that’s on her mind” and is the opposite of her type. By the second chorus philine adds details to these thoughts, displaying her fears. She mentions love should be avoided, that it’s too soon for her to feel how she does for this girl, and that she simply just cannot ignore her feelings any longer. These thoughts and concerns perfectly match the tone of the song as well as philine’s voice. Her voice is both kind and vivid, while the tone of the song is cool and imaginative. These qualities remind me of artists such as Clairo, Faye Webster, and the Japanese House. While these artists all have differing, overall sounds, I find a connection between them and philine all through their use of clever, time and event-centered songwriting that comes from places of personal experience and honest emotion.
philine is a singer-songwriter from the Netherlands. Growing up in a household where her Mom taught music to kindergarten-aged children and often played music within the house, philine grew inspired to write music of her own. By 11-years-old, she went from writing songs in Dutch to switching to writing in English. Upon competing in a professional songwriting competition during her teenage years, she decided she wanted to pursue her dream to become a professional singer-songwriter and went on to attend a conservatory in Rotterdam. By 2020, philine released her first single titled “gone”. In 2023, she had gained momentum for the release of her EP so sick of myself and generated millions of streams. Now, philine is gearing up to release her new EP the side-effects of living in a fantasy.
Written By Madison Spies
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