Review: "Scary Movie" - Jennifer Ewbank
- Tessa Maddaloni
- 51 minutes ago
- 2 min read
In this spooky season, perhaps the most scary thing that could come about is the unsure back and forth of a situationship. This is the true horrors in life, not clown masks and skeletons but love bombing and commitment issues. In her latest single, Jennifer Ewbank wanted to detail this terror, and released her single “Scary Movie” this past Halloween. She stated that she wanted to turn “the chaos of mixed signals in a relationship ‘that drive you insane’ into a Halloween-tinged pop world full of suspense and playful wit”, which is exactly what this single came to be. Ewbank’s sound is a mixture of indie pop with a slight country twang, and she adds a bit of sass and 2000s nostalgia to create a unique vibe, along with lyrics that poke fun at spooky season elements, like brains and the infamous 3am witching hour.
This track starts off with just Ewbank’s unique voice and a quick guitar line. She sings about picking her partner’s brain, begging to know what is going on up there. She slowly gains power in both her voice and the instruments swelling around her, until she reaches the chorus. In which, she sings, “Your signals leave me guessing in the middle / Hundred million pieces in the puzzle / I hear it in your eyes / And see it in your tone / This ain’t a scary movie but it’s pretty damn close”. Her bridge is where we hear the most spunk and sass, as she voices her frustrations and the music rises in intensity in each line, before she repeats the chorus again with a soft tonality, begging to be listened to.
Jennifer Ewbank is a singer-songwriter with roots and influences in both the Netherlands and England. She has over 20,000 monthly Spotify listeners, which she has grown since her first release in 2011. Since then, she has released a plethora of singles, as well as an album in 2011 and an EP in 2024. She has recently signed with Breaking Records as a rebrand and the start of a new chapter. She is produced by Gordon Broothedde, and with this new team has felt a shift behind her music, with a focus of lyrics and themes on moving forward instead of fearing the past. Make sure to follow the social medias below to stay tuned for more music from Jennifer Ewbank.
Written By Tessa Maddaloni
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