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Review: "Pretend You Died" - Emylee Herring


Emylee Herring Pretend You Died Cover Photo

Being ghosted by someone you thought would be a close friend for life sometimes hurts even worse than being broken up with by a romantic partner. It's that unfinished business, that not knowing why that really leaves you at night. It's hard to understand why someone you thought cared about you would just fall off the face of the Earth and completely cut you off without any reason. You know you didn't do anything wrong, and no matter how many times you try to reach out, they refuse to answer. So now you just have to live with the fact that you'll never get the closure you need, and maybe they weren't really that great of a friend in the first place. Heck, you might as well just pretend they're dead. Emylee Herring's brand new single "Pretend You Died" was written about this exact type of situation which unfortunately, personally happened to her. She wrote this song as a eulogy to their relationship, and as a way for others who have had gone through this to find peace in having to move on without answers.



"Pretend You Died" is painful song of lament, grief and the mourning of someone who never died, but they might as well have. Listening to the lyricism is like getting a knife straight to the heart. The haunting lyrics in the chorus say it all - "if you wanna play ghost in my life then I’ll pretend you died". The song features a somber piano at the forefront with a gentle stomping beat, acoustic guitar and of course Emylee's highly emotional vocals and harmonies. The instrumentation and production (done in collaboration with Christian Clark) builds as the song goes on, and when we reach the bridge we get this intense, heart-grasping climax, just for it to come down for a final tear-jerking goodbye.


Emylee Herring is singer/songwriter who has been songwriting ever since she was seven years old. She grew up singing, playing piano and guitar as well as taking lessons in all three areas. In 2023, she graduated from Berklee College of Music with a Bachelor's Degree in Songwriting. She released her first official single titled "Puppet" in 2021 and her second single "Slasher" in 2023. 2024 has been a busy year for Emylee, as she released her third ever single "Birthday Cards" and now, "Pretend You Died". Emylee is also a blog writer here at Pop Passion Blog, and is a huge book worm and classic horror film fan. She's only just getting started, so make sure to follow Emylee below and find out what's to come!


Written By Kaitlyn Nicole


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