Nashville-based alt-pop artist Alex Ray shares her brand new single MESSY, the title track and emotional centre of her debut EP which is out now!
MESSY finds the talented artist taking listeners on a journey through anger, self-destruction, and radical honesty, all wrapped around a powerful alt-pop production. MESSY is a brutally honest portrait of self-destruction and emotional burnout, capturing the feeling of spiralling out but refusing to sugarcoat it. I am loving how rich and passionate Alex Ray’s vocal delivery is, gliding confidently over the soaring production, effortlessly conveying the chaos of trying to maintain appearances while spiralling between confidence and collapse. A song that is wrapped around gritty guitar riffs which are seamlessly intertwined with shimmering synths, punchy drums and a memorable bridge that come together to create a high-energy, anthemic and gut-wrenching listening experience!
Speaking about the song, Alex Ray said,
I was so tired of silencing myself for everyone else’s comfort. I wanted to write the ugliest truths about myself — about the nights I couldn’t get out of bed, the manic decisions that emptied my bank account, the house I let fall apart around me. This isn’t a ‘woe is me’ song. It’s an ‘I royally fucked up my life’ song. And there’s no resolution — because sometimes life doesn’t give you one. For me, that bridge is like sitting in a dark room with nothing but your thoughts,” Ray says. “It’s uncomfortable. It’s quiet. But it’s the most honest part of the song.
