The Talent Award-winning songwriter is the 29th of November ready with youthful 3rd single; her most vulnerable and honest release to date.
How do we forgive when those we love the most hurt us? And how do we let go of the bitterness that comes with it? This is the dilemma that Signhild deals with on her latest single, ‘Bitter’, which is just the third release from the Nordic art pop artist.
Behind the artistic outlet, Signhild, is young dane Anna Sofie Joest Andersen, who, in August received Autor's Upcoming Award for her equally experimental and accessible songs. They draw on the turbulent youth of Anna Sofie Joest Andersen, who portrays her existential struggles through glimmering, complex songwriting. As her parents chose to divorce in 2020, she reacted with a great urge to process the sense of it all:
“Music is like a valve to me. When my parents divorced, I had a great feeling of powerlessness in a situation where the circumstances were out of my own control. ‘Bitter’ is one of the most immediate songs I've written, as there was so much emotion I had to let out.”
In her songwriting, Signhild doesn’t dwell on sadness and anger. As the feeling of bitterness struck her at the time of the divorce, it became clear that she couldn’t reside with that feeling. ‘Bitter’, therefore, is an affection to dare to let go, and to forgive, even when the feeling of grudge may seem overwhelming:
“Bitterness does no good. It creates internal conflict between what you rationally want and what you actually feel. I was in a situation where I wanted to forgive and let go, but at the same time the feeling of bitterness was lingering. Therefore, the song is very ambiguous and is made up of great contrasts.”
Through boundary-pushing productions and multi-faceted arrangements, Signhild’s art pop expresses how the fusion of experimental and accessible can create a larger whole. In the songwriter’s new single, written by Signhild herself and produced by Villiam Ottesen, we’re presented with Signhild's delicate and vulnerable vocals from the get go, drawing one into a melancholic, delicate soundscape. An emotion that is countered by a quivering, fierce bridge, followed by the track’s grandiose and redeeming dream pop finale:
“I’m a forgiver, bitter, I’m not bitter.”