Eclectic singer-songwriter Charlotte has unveiled her brand-new single entitled “The Crying Room”, alongside a gripping music video featuring footage from the song’s first-ever live performance.
“The Crying Room” is the next harbinger of Wessels’ first traditional full-length, full-band solo album, “The Obsession”, set to be released on September 20, 2024, via Napalm Records. The track unveils another touching facet of this sonic masterpiece, where themes like fear, obsessive thoughts, and escapism run rampant on the one hand, whereas there are also songs that offer a more upbeat approach to the subject. “The Crying Room” deals with that fear while a weeping guitar solo draws the listener into darker soundscapes.
On “The Obsession”, Charlotte adds bucketloads of bombast to her genre-bending songwriting, as spellbinding melancholia and dark catchy elements meet progressive and heavier tunes. The storytelling within the songs gives the multifaceted album even more depth, making the album an exciting listening experience and Wessels’ most mature solo offering so far.
Charlotte says about “The Crying Room”: “When we were gearing up for the very first performance under my own name after Covid, my tour manager asked if I wanted my own dressing room. Knowing full well that I’d be an anxious mess, I told her I didn’t need a private room—just somewhere I could have a well-earned meltdown without ruining everyone’s vibe. And that, my friends, is how ‘The Crying Room’ was born. It’s a song about the fear of failure, about needing to catch your breath before diving headfirst into something new. Everyone loves to tell stories about courage and heroism, but let’s be real: I want to hear more stories about people who are absolutely terrified… and do the thing anyway – it’s a central theme on the album, and ‘The Crying Room’ is an invitation to do just that.”
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