If you’re a songwriter, you’re probably like me, i.e., when you hear a song so good, so fresh and nonconforming, you get this surge of energy/envy like you wish you were a part of it or had thought of it or whatever.

Not since Tame Impala’s “The Less I Know The Better” have I felt this kind of wow.  It makes me want to write.  At least that’s the last I can remember… in truth there are probably a few more.  In Tame Impala’s case it was really about a sound and production more than a lyric.

There’s something about this younger generation that speaks different, thinks different.  In some cases it’s appalling, but there are certain minds and voices out there who bring something new and creative to the table.  Juliet Ivy seems to be one.

This song says something I’ve thought in a hundred different ways, only she succinctly puts it into a couple of verses and a chorus.  We’re all here.  We all have different beliefs.  But in truth, none of us actually KNOW why or how or where.  Faith is a really good thing… but sometimes being realistic about what is before our eyes and ears is too.  It keeps us from the delusion that we’re somehow chosen above billions of others.

Cheers to a new young artist.  May she have loads of success without ever being owned.

Jude