Acoustic guitar and a well-lived vocal guides us into the directly addressing tones and melodic optimism of Starlight in Me. BB Stevens reflects upon the changing world and the complexities of the self and our memories, with this evocative and intimate new release.
Building beautifully from acoustic beginnings, within which the BB Stevens voice really stands tall on the strength of its nuance and vulnerability, towards the bigger-band warmth of a lyric-free chorus, Starlight In Me contrasts its central theme of heartbreak and death, of regret and separation, with a huge crescendo of implied celebration.
It’s a poignant pairing of intentions, a bold chorus that’s piercingly painful to contemplate. The song reflects of course on a deeply personal experience, with images in the video representing the significant other at hand, but the way in which all of this is revealed and presented, the rising passion of BB Steven’s delivery, makes it extraordinarily accessible to all who’ve felt a similar sense of lostness and melancholy.
A joyful anthem on the one hand, from a distance – an altogether-now ode to the beauty of musical unity. But on the other, a unique take on missing someone, on the feeling of having cared for someone who could ‘read the stars’, but was never able to ‘see the starlight in me’.
BB Stevens writes from a genuinely original place, but does so in an accessible and engaging musical fashion. Starlight In Me is a fine introduction to this artistic sound and style.
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