Here’s an unusual song, in the way it was written and recorded. ‘Still love you’ is one half of a double single release (or a quarter of an EP if you prefer), by a young Danish singer and songwriter, ROSITA (Bramsen).
One track (’Jeg Vil Leve’) (‘I want to live’) is in Danish and the one featured here (because I’m feeling lazy tonight and don’t want to be doing any translating) is the English one.
ROSITA wrote it in the hoof, just after breaking up with her boyfriend over the phone. Rather than going to the pub with the girls and getting plastered she got out her guitar, sat down and wrote the words and music in one take.
To think that I often can’t do that with one of these little articles.
And – get this – the version you hear now is the original, unadulterated version, in both music and lyrics, not one that’s been put through a supercomputer and been pampered by the full studio process.
So it’s written from the heart and you can tell that. It has a rustic timelessness about it. It could be a child of the 70s, 80s or 90s. It’s a pop ballad but it has a lingering air of the southern US states about it. If not Nashville then at least the Bible Belt, where such homeliness and wholesomeness is appreciated.
I just realised how many nesses there are in that paragraph. I’ll dub her the Queen of Ness.
And ROSITA has a very attractive empathetic tone to her voice; if not unique it is pleasingly unusual.
And it shows how much, in this era of over synthesiser-ation and batteries of guitar pedals you can still achieve with just an acoustic guitar and harmonica.
Kudos too, for her diction. This is the first song I’ve heard for a while in which every word is audible.
The story is a simple one. They’ve broken up but the love hasn’t gone away, at least for her. I hope he realises pretty damn quick what he lost.
You know, when Taylor Swift can make billions whinging about boyfriends that treated her bad, ROSITA should really be able to do the same with songs like this one that will resonate deeply with those of her age and younger.
I did take a quick listen to ‘Jeg Vil Leve’ which is a little more hard-hitting, and guess what? She’s pretty good in Danish, too.
ROSITA’s debut album ’Blide Bølger’ (Soft Waves) will be released on February 21st.
Find her on:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rosita.bramsen
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rositabramsen/
(Private accounts).
