KATIE BELLE
Bad Dreams
Sleep doesn’t come easy for Katie Belle. It hasn’t for years. Her latest single, Bad Dreams takes that restlessness and turns it into something you can really move to. It might seem strange at first, insomnia dressed up in a beat that keeps pushing forward, but it is makes perfect sense when you hear it. It is crammed full of heavy thoughts wrapped up in light, flashing synths.
Katie's voice slips between tired and defiant like she’s lived every line and that is because she has done. Bad Dreams has a worn edge to the track that cuts through the production in a way that sticks with you. The rhythm is clean and club ready, but it is the lyrics that really stand out here circling around like those late hours when your head won’t stop replaying the same loops over and over.
Katie's voice slips between tired and defiant like she’s lived every line and that is because she has done. Bad Dreams has a worn edge to the track that cuts through the production in a way that sticks with you. The rhythm is clean and club ready, but it is the lyrics that really stand out here circling around like those late hours when your head won’t stop replaying the same loops over and over.
Despite the subject, insomnia, making minutes feel like hours, Bad Dreams doesn’t drag on. Three and a bit minutes, then it leaves you in quiet contemplation.
This is the first glimpse of her new EP People Pleaser, a project that’s been two years in the making. People Pleaser is a record that is set to dive into complex subjects from identity to anxiety and the weight of trying to meet everyone else’s expectations. For now, though, Bad Dreams feels like the doorway into Katie Belle's world, sharp, restless, and a little too close to home.
This is the first glimpse of her new EP People Pleaser, a project that’s been two years in the making. People Pleaser is a record that is set to dive into complex subjects from identity to anxiety and the weight of trying to meet everyone else’s expectations. For now, though, Bad Dreams feels like the doorway into Katie Belle's world, sharp, restless, and a little too close to home.