Alone Time by TRACE

One of the more coveted and beautiful acts of artistry is when an artist decides to peel back the layers of a project to let us in on the ground floor of their creation. In this time of isolation, it’s not only a privilege to be privy to something as fresh as a rough draft or an untouched demo, it’s also a genuine point of connection. Today, we have indie pop artist and actual princess (see pic above) TRACE to thank for bringing us together in our solitude with her demo Alone Time:

 It’s a bit on the nose but I’m naturally a lonely/alone kind of person (plus this quarantine) ALONENESS is one my mind. I recently realized I hadn’t been touched let alone hugged in over six weeks. I saw this photo and remembered how weird it was to see a guy’s arm around me. Then I thought about all the guys in and out of my life (like casual town and not like a lot, etc.) and how much an arm around me in general is like intimate AF. So I wrote this song about wanting someone to come over and literally turn off my tv screens to distract me, to put his Batman cape around me, to graze my shoulder— to freaking touch me. But he can’t. So it’s about what can being alone teach us?/ me? Hoping it’s some sort of healing.

ALSO, hoping I can finish this song. As you can tell, it’s not finished and though I’m insecure about my guitar and singing skills, it’s so nice to share something so poignant re: this season of like HERE I BE. WHAT BETTER TIME THAN NOW. NO ONE CARES. IDK. SOS. BUT hoping this will be one of my new songs I release in the near future as a newly indie artist. Whaddup. 

AND here’s to the warm embrace in this photo from Paul. May you feel it. PS Paul, If you are reading this and are not married/or gay and are emotionally and spiritually intelligent, send me a DM. xx

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