Alice Merton has shared her soaring new track ‘run away girl’.
Out now, it’s the latest move from this vastly successful songwriter – to date, she’s released two studio albums, and notched up over a billion streams.
Released via her own label, Paper Plane Records International, the single was premiered on New Year’s Eve, aired during a ZDF party Berlin’s famous Brandenburg Gate.
Broadcast to more than three million people, ‘run away girl’ is about throwing off expectations, and learning to live your own life. Resplendent in melody and assured in lyric, ‘run away girl’ has a quietly euphoric feel.
She comments…
Since I can remember, in every life phase I have been in, I have always questioned two things: who am I, and who am I supposed to be? I thought when you grow up, all these questions magically get answered but as I continue to witness, I don’t think you ever quite know.
‘Runaway Girl’ comes from an introspective look at oneself and feeling lost in the outside world but especially feeling lost on the inside. Where do I fit in, in all this craziness? Who do I actually want to be in life? We are constantly surrounded by the opinions of others, who show us what their version of happiness is, so we automatically assume ours must be the same. It often isn’t.
We try to break free from past lives and past memories, pretending they no longer exist. I have found it’s much easier to accept the past, rather than forget it, and occasionally letting myself dwell in those memories. Moving homes regularly has taught me many life lessons, but it has also contributed to feeling unsettled in life, restless for what else is out there, and adventurous for the unknown.
This song comes to you in a new chapter full of questions to myself and to you. It is the beginning of a series of events that have led me to realise that the more I learn about life and myself, the less I actually know. But what do I know? I am happy to share this with you. I hope you enjoy the next chapter.
Tune in now.
