UK songwriter Sam Tompkins has shared his new single ‘See Me’.
The singer earned his stripes on the streets of Brighton, busking to passers-by. Music plays an intimate role in his life, a place where his deepest, truest feelings can be uncovered.
Take new single ‘See Me’. A plea from the heart, it finds Sam Tompkins at his boldest, and most open – a song about mental health, self-worth, and bad relationships, it finds the songwriter asking to be seen, for his feelings to have value.
Now a key part of his work, ‘See Me’ feels like an important song within his life as a whole. Sam comments:
“It’s like I’d needed to write it my whole life. I’m glad I have now, and hoping others can now resonate with it.”
Looking back on the song’s origins, ‘See Me’ comes from a self-admitted “dark time” in his life. After putting some work in, and speaking to a life coach, he emerged refreshed, and with the song lingering at the back of his mind.
He comments…
“This song stems back to last year in a pretty dark time in my life. I had a conversation with my life coach about how insecure I was becoming, constantly fearing how I was being perceived by others. After a long emotional conversation, we had worked out and pinpointed a pretty sad moment from when I was a kid at school and how I have carried it ever since. So much so that I had internalised that comment and begun to believe it.”
Tune in now.
