Naarm/Melbourne-based artist Rowena Wise shares her new single ‘Home In This World’, another stunning preview of her forthcoming second album Bad Things Feel Good*, set for release on 7 August.
‘Home In This World’ captures the ache of loneliness and the quiet yet powerful acceptance of it.
“I wrote this song to honour the part of me that sometimes feels utterly alone in the universe, and how that loneliness can feel both heavy and strangely beautiful. I often feel that the world is driven by chaos. We’re born into it, shaped by it, moving along paths that intersect with countless others in ways that feel accidental and unplanned. So much of life seems to unfold without inherent meaning. That lack of control has, at times, left me feeling alienated, like I’m drifting within something vast and indifferent.
Rowena Wise
The song emerged when I stopped resisting that feeling and allowed it to settle gently. Instead of fighting the loneliness, I tried to understand it. I began to accept that purpose isn’t something we’re born with, it’s something we create. That realisation is both terrifying and profound. To face your existence at face value, without a grand narrative attached, requires a kind of quiet courage.”
Upcoming Australia tour dates:
15 Oct — Melbourne (VIC) — Howler
16 Oct — Castlemaine (VIC) — The Bridge Hotel
23 Oct — Sydney (NSW) — The Vanguard
24 Oct — Thirroul (NSW) — Thirroul Railway Hotel
29 Oct — Brisbane (QLD) — Black Bear Lodge
30 Oct — Mapleton (QLD) — Mapleton Pub
13 Nov — Hobart (TAS) — Altar Bar
Find Rowena Wise on Instagram | Facebook | TikTok | YouTube