Los Angeles-born, New York City-based artist Scarlet Rae explores the early stages of grief on her new single, ‘A World Where She Left Me Out’—the latest glimpse into her upcoming EP, No Heavy Goodbyes, out 19 September via Bayonet Records.
‘A World Where She Left Me Out’ is the first song Scarlet Rae wrote after her sister passed away. Scarlet Rae shares the following about this deeply personal track:
“This track opens the EP with a brutally honest dive into early grief. I try to capture the strange shift from being someone who craves solitude to fearing it. After a few disturbing experiences, I wrote this song to expose the irony of how people in your life who rush to comfort you may often add a heavier weight on the chaos of pain. This was the first song I wrote after my sister passed, and it ended up becoming a direct, emotionally charged conversation with her. More so, a one sided conversation— full of anger, confusion, and the resentment grief can bring when someone you love leaves you behind in a world so dark and disappointing. Towards the end of the track, as the music strips back, I bluntly speak directly to my sister in the most honest and literal way—“I literally don’t know what to do, it’s getting hard to be here without you.” There is no metaphorical way to put something like that, and I think using the word “literally” in a song is sorta funny and raw. The song is a dark, revealing reality of life, compassion, and betrayal.”
Scarlet Rae also announced a NYC release show on 12 October at Nightclub 101 with support from girlpuppy and Superfan.
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