I haven't been able to stop listening to Ghostlight since you released it, it's such a fantastic song, and I can't get enough of how haunting your voice sounds in it, especially during sustained notes. Not to mention the way that it sounds truly ethereal when you hit higher notes, and the way this is perfectly juxtaposed with the lower notes, and I especially loved the way that the distortion/mixing produces such an excellent effect that blends between the melody and the rest of your vocals so perfectly. Altogether, this makes for such a chill and relaxing vibe, yet it's still incredibly catchy and I've had it on repeat for a few hours already.
It's also very interesting to think of the implications it has for Norma's lore with the emphasis on the elements of theater, and how it's presumably being directed at Barry based on the art and lyrics, all of which raise even more questions. So excited for the release of the rest of the lore album and the comic!
Okay so the lore album had been out for nearly a year now and since I am giving tumblr another go, I feel like now is a good time to talk about Ghostlight.
This song was actually one of quickest to write but hardest to sing because those low notes hurt so bad after my surgery. But I loved the vibe of the track and I wanted to create a scene that felt haunting and cool to fit the dark vibe of the instrumental.
The mixing is honestly something we worked really hard on. Broken Screen made a few different versions to get that sound. We felt like the clean mix wasn't very special but too much distortion and it would ruin the vibe, so we choose a blend of both.
The lyrics I actually wrote like a story and this is the only song that I have so far that isn't about something kind of personal. When I think of ghostlights I think about my time at the theatre in my early to mid 20s. Theatres are notoriously haunted and the ghostlight is an item that lights the stage each night to tell the ghosts its okay to come out. We remember the people who were on stage before us. So, I thought about the love people have for the theatre and how sometimes the love on stage is reciprocated offstage too. I thought about the ghost encounters I had at the theatres in my city and imagined what it might be like to talk to them and watch them reenact the scenes from their glory days on the stage.
This song is kind of an outlier on the album in the narrative sense but honestly I really like it and I'm glad some of you out there do too!
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