Insomnia just became bearable – Katie Belle’s brand new single Bad Dreams has been tackling the waking nightmare head-on, putting an artistic spin on the topic through her pulse-heavy pop anthem, out now to listen to on all major streaming sites.
Flocked with EDM beats and addictive indie twists, this multi-textured tune is like a fashion store’s top soundtrack, amped up in authenticity and shockingly catchy. But Bad Dreams is also a brave dive into the quiet terrors of the human mind, glazed over with a Paris Hilton-meets-pop princess aesthetic. Once Katie’s mainstream glitz is peeled away, a dark reality emerges, laying all the spellbinding, bleary-eyed and ultra-relatable truths of insomnia on the table.
High-energy dance beats mimic the ticking clocks which melt the sleepless hours away, building an artful soundscape of lingering anxiety for Katie’s therapy-session lyrics to unravel: “Can’t sleep ‘cause I’m all in my head, trippin’ over things that I said, my palms are getting sweaty, is this what it feels like to be dead?”
Katie’s bright, chart-topping vocals charge this tune like a radio hit ready to sweep the nation, flawlessly delivered and capturing both the seduction of sleep and the erratic force of insomnia with all its brain-twisting spirals of thoughts.
Bad Dreams doesn’t merely talk about Katie’s life-long battle against sleepless nights, but captures every colour of anxious fear and the spontaneous creativity insomnia spawns. It paints a scene and plants you in its midst; riddled with the type of club anthem vibe that turns midnight into an everlasting experience. As Katie’s press release confirms, “Whether you’re dancing alone in your room or sitting still in your thoughts, this is the kind of track that meets you exactly where you are.”
Unacquainted with Katie Belle’s music? Besides her solo music ventures, this rising star is also lead vocalist for Color The Night; coast-jumping between the bright lights of LA and her home city of Atlanta to round her sound with both homegrown moods and sleek, big city cinematics. She spent her teenage years songwriting in Nashville and released her first record back in 2014. Following eleven vibrant years on the scene, Bad Dreams marks Katie Belle’s follow up single to Cigarette, which dropped earlier this year, and teases her upcoming EP, People Pleaser (release date TBA). But our verdict for Bad Dreams? Highly recommended.
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