Thankfully this Let It Go isn’t the well known song from Disney’s Frozen but is instead the latest song from LA-based, Stockholm raised musician Josefine. With production from Martin René (whose credits include Meghan Trainor, H.E.R. And Snoop Dogg) there is a level of polish to Let It Go that instantly grabbed me.
The song itself is about those moments where romantic relationships can seem to become bogged down in the pedestrian things that don’t really matter. Josefine explains:
“To be in a relationship is all amazing, romantic and spontaneous in the beginning, then comes that day when everything goes into routine and you start arguing about the most stupid and pointless things. It’s almost like you try to find something to fight about. So you apologize and take the blame a lot for things that has nothing to do with you just so you can move past it and be fine. You just want to LET IT GO."
What grabbed my attention with Let It Go is the way the music feels like it snaps as it transitions between the verse and the chorus. The verse has a certain timidity about it - the creeping feeling of little frustrations, tiny cuts. The song then launches into a intro to the chorus that feels like bubbling tension and raised voices, trying to control tempers. The chorus is then the release - not the argument, but the realisation that it doesn’t matter... The small frustrations will always be there. There is a feeling of release there that feels fresh, like a blast of perspective.
Check out Let It Go below: