London-based artist Wyldest (Zoë Mead) shares cinematic single ‘After The Ending’ and announces upcoming album The Universe Is Loading, out 14 November via Hand In Hive Records.
“‘After the Ending’ is a post-apocalyptic pop song, about sustaining love from one existence to the next; “The moment, we lost it / so I’ll find you, after the ending”. It was written with space and time in mind – a scenario whereby a relationship can’t exist in the present reality, perhaps due to life circumstances, timing, or something more extreme, like separation by death – and the promise of finding each other in a different existence where they can be there together.
Wyldest
It’s very much influenced by surrealist films like ‘Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind’, ‘Big Fish’ and ‘The Matrix’ – where the protagonists break earthly, physical laws, cross through parallel universes or simulations to save or be with someone they love. Ultimately the song is about working through adversity to find love, and to fight to keep it alive.”
2026 live dates:
FEB
05 – Folklore, Brighton
07 – The Waiting Room, London
12 – Night & Day, Manchester
13 – The Victoria, Birmingham
18 – Three Tanners Bank, North Shields
19 – McChuills, Glasgow
20 – PJ Molloys, Dunfermline
21 – Cafe Independent, Scunthorpe
23 – St Mary’s, Chester
26 – Voodoo Daddy’s, Norwich
MARCH
13 – Skipton Town Hall, Skipton
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