Etaoin reveals new single ‘Sick of Me’
After the success of her debut last year, Irish singer-songwriter Etaoin’s new single, ‘Sick Of Me’, develops her sound while still keeping the London-based artist’s trademark brutal honesty and heart wrenching lyricism. It is the first taste of her upcoming EP, I Hate Everyone (But I Don’t Mind You), due out later this year via MADE Records, where Etaoin adds a poppier sound to her arsenal without leaving behind her stripped back, tender acoustic style.
The new single takes the real story of Etaoin and her best friend Florence, with her melancholic vocals singing about the pain of drifting apart after they both went to university, and after one heated argument, stopping talking to each other completely. The song occasionally bursts into powerful, belting codas as the melody explodes. The production, by Joe Rubel, acts as a conduit for this emotion, escalating on words that Etaoin wishes she could have said to someone while the relentless acoustic strum dances underneath.
Etaoin explains: “I felt hurt and replaced by her new life and friends. I was totally heartbroken and thought about her literally every day but was far too proud to message her and tell her that. The whole situation had me feeling totally unhinged if I’m honest. I felt like I’d caused the problem and would tell myself there was no point in trying to fix it because the friendship was over and I just needed to get over it - but I would lie in bed at night and write diary entries addressed to her on my iPhone notes and then never send them.”
With all of her songs coming from her real life experiences, ‘Sick Of Me’ at least had a happy ending, with the pair reconnecting as best friends again. “I ended up having my wisdom teeth out, and calling her when loopy and off my face from the pain medication they’d given me. I remember I told her I love her and I look like a puffer fish who got slam-dunked by Arnold Schwarzenegger into a moving car. We laughed, and cried and she said she loved me too. Everything went back to normal and she’s still my best friend. Funny how life works itself out.”