![]() ![]() “Maybe I’ll just always be a little sad,” De Souza admits on “Parking Lot.” She grapples with the loneliness that creeps in while outgrowing friendships - even if it’s for the best in the long run - on “Losing”: “I keep feeling like an idiot when I reach out to touch and there is nobody there to see me.” While there’s a throughline of triumph on the album, it’s also punctuated with raw acknowledgements of the turbulent reality of getting older and shedding the past. I just want to do the best that I can do now.” Because why not? Everything is going to end. “It feels like I’m able to infuse every day of my life with intention and love and presence within my relationships. “I called the album All Of This Will End because that’s my mantra every day,” she says. If the awareness of everything’s impermanence typically lends itself to one of two reactions - fearful anxiety or true liberation - then De Souza leans into the latter. Self-Deprecating Power Pop Is the Beths' Specialty. Wet Leg: That Whole 'Industry Plant' Thing is 'Misogyny' That was a really dark place to be.” She’s emerging into the light now, buoyed by a new sense of gratitude.Īfrobeats, Música Mexicana, and a Canadian Hologram Take Austin “In the past, there was a lot of feeling like it was all my fault and I was kind of this fucked-up human who wasn’t ever going to deserve anything good. “I think what changed is that I grew into my own self-worth, self-confidence, and self-love,” De Souza, 25, says. Listening to those releases next to her latest one, a shift from obsessive rumination to radical acceptance becomes clear. On 2018’s I Love My Mom and 2021’s Any Shape You Take, she was a bulldozing questioner, weaponizing repetition in an attempt to get to the bottom of something or absolve herself of any potential wrongdoing: “Was it something I said?” “I wanna know it’s not my fault.” “What are we gonna do now?” “If you want to change, I’ll be here to love you.” “There’s only love/There’s only moving through and trying your best.” It’s a welcome revelation for the North Carolina-based artist, whose songs have long been marked by fervent, desperate pleas. “I don’t have answers - no one does/I’ve been finding comfort in that,” Indigo De Souza sings on the title track of her third album, All of This Will End. INDIGO DE SOUZA feature - Credit: ANGELLA CHOE*
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