Powerfully tackling the way the experiences of our pasts have lasting impacts on life, Dylan Cartlidge's song "New Day" offers reflection and motivating words of perseverance. The track starts off with honesty about a fear of independence and moving on from the past. In pursuit of a new walk of life, these lyrics explain the obstacles that follow you with words that capture different impacts like "waking up when you know we should be fast asleep." With a bold determination to keep living life to the fullest, the song uses natural imagery to embrace the positivity of starting anew through the powerful lyrics "when the sun hits the water, it's a smile on my face". This track will comfort you with its reassuring and validating message.
Bold, textured vocals and an overall encouraging sound will lift you up in this soulful pop song. Piano and electronic instrumentals mix with groovy percussion to open the song, before Dylan's soulful vocals join in. Raspy and melodic, his singing offers a captivating tune through the verse before soaring in the chorus as he belts out words of relief. His range and volume surround you in a passionate, freeing feeling, moving into speak singing to shout out the words "and that's okay!" Strings and an immersive, upbeat array of instrumentals add to the encouraging atmosphere of this song that will leave you feeling uplifted and free.
Dylan Cartlidge is a UK-based artist with a soulful genre-blending hip-hop, rap, and R&B style. With immense resilience after childhood struggles with poverty and instability, at the age of 16, he used a strong mindset to create change in his life. His passion, determination, and strength fuels his powerful music, especially with "Hope Over Adversity", his debut album. Receiving support from platforms like the New York Times and BBC Radio 1, this album was extremely well-received, even placing on American AAA charts. With songs amassing millions of streams, performances at festivals like Glastonbury and Reading + Leeds, collaborations with artists like Danger Mouse and Superorganism, his career is on the rise and so are his powerful messages.
Written By Hanna Kowal
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