Review: "Underwater Skies" - Lucie Glang
- Tessa Maddaloni
- 20 hours ago
- 2 min read
What started as a simple challenge to write and record a song a day in October of 2022, turned into Lucie Glang’s latest single “Underwater Skies”. Released this past week, this track was the second that Glang created in her challenge, and was revisited by her and Danish producer Martin Korsgaards the next year and developed even further. Glang stated that this track, “tells about the feeling of being underwater and feeling the present moment, while letting go of your worries. Concentrating on breathing out and the blue blurred vision around you. Written to calm your nervous system in moments of panic.” This idea is a new take on the common theme of being underwater, as usually artists view it as suffocating and trapping. Glang takes a traditionally negative motif and turns it into a feeling of liberation and peace.
Starting with an ethereal finger plucked chord and a deep breath from Glang, this track is soothing and simplistic. A faint sound of waves hitting the shore is layered in the background, setting the stage of a beachside contemplation. Glang’s voice swirls around, her annunciation making her lyrics appear in almost a whisper. In the chorus, she sings “Imagine what it’s like / To stay here for some time / Breathe out and don’t swim up”. As the chorus fades, her voice is slowly joined by over 50 others, harmonizing and humming as if they are sirens pulling the listener into the water. After the cacophony of voices fade, the track ends, as simple as it started.
Lucie Glang is a singer-songwriter born in Germany. She recently toured both Germany and Denmark, promoting her first EP: the Game. “Underwater Skies” was released with Nashville based recording company Tonetree, and is the first song of Glang’s second EP, expected this November. Since her first recording in 2020, she has amassed over 14,000 monthly listeners on Spotify. Glang blends folk-pop with Nordic influences, creating an intriguing style, similar to that of Maggie Rogers, Maisie Peters, and the Japanese House. Make sure to follow the social medias below to stay tuned for more ethereal music from Lucie Glang.
Written By Tessa Maddaloni
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