Superbly uncooked and brutally trustworthy, Katelyn Tarver reminds us to face our demons together with her addictive and easy tune, “Beginning to Scare Me.”

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The older we get, the extra self-aware we grow to be.

Most of us, anyway. You grow to be conscious of the tendencies you lean on, wholesome or not, to get you thru the day, month, and yr. The worst a part of that is figuring out all of the belongings you shouldn’t be doing after which continuing to do them anyway. People are creatures of behavior. We fall into the comforts of doing issues the way in which we’ve at all times carried out them. Shining a light-weight on these darkish habits is without doubt one of the hardest issues to do, however you may solely start higher your self for those who acknowledge the issues which can be pulling you down.

Katelyn Tarver calls herself out on these behaviors together with her pulsating new single, “Beginning to Scare Me” (June 2, 2023 through Nettwerk Music Group). This monitor serves as a reminder to anybody who’s caught of their ways in which generally it’s essential to take a protracted, exhausting look within the mirror. Though it’s the scariest factor on the planet, for those who by no means come clean with your personal bullsh*t, you’ll by no means have the ability to get by way of it.

Tarver says of the tune, “This tune is about indulging in self-destructive conduct as a result of it’s simpler than doing the work of wanting beneath it to attempt to work out what’s inflicting it within the first place. I’ve spent numerous time operating from my darker impulses, pushing them down, pretending they’re not there… this tune is about shining a highlight on them and sort of liking the sensation although it… nicely… uh… scares me.”

Musically, “Beginning To Scare Me” is addictive and easy. Tarver’s gorgeous vocal efficiency, matched with an anticipatory pulsating beat, depart your ears wanting much more when the tune concludes.

The monitor begins with a deep pulsing guitar palm and Tarver’s velvety easy vocals, setting the tone:

There’s a lady on the web and he or she drives me insane
I ought to in all probability look into it however I’d reasonably complain
I throw gasoline on the hearth ’trigger I don’t wanna change
I simply hold selecting the ache 

Tarver’s songwriting does what the perfect songwriting does: She takes one thing as mundane and relatable as a cracked windshield and makes it imply a lot extra. Within the context of this tune, these phrases imply every thing:

There’s a crack in my windshield
I in all probability received’t ever repair
I’ve been breaking my neck
so I can see round it

The beat turns into heavier as Tarver sings in a catchy cadency rhythm, constructing to an octave bounce that creates essentially the most scrumptious refrain:

Possibly I ought to care
Possibly I ought to cease
However the extra I put on it, the extra I like
The way it feels on me
Have I misplaced my thoughts?
I’m nonetheless me, however barely
I’m beginning to scare me

The subsequent verse and refrain run by way of pulling us in additional. The tune breaks down for the bridge with essentially the most direct and susceptible lyrics but,

I’m self damaging
I want I wasn’t
I’d rip out my coronary heart to really feel it
‘Trigger feeling one thing’s (feeling one thing’s)
Higher than nothing (higher than nothing) 

The tune closes with a ultimate refrain and it’s namesake to take us out,

I’m beginning to scare me
I’m nonetheless me, however barely
I’m beginning to scare me
I’m beginning to scare me

There’s something so superbly trustworthy about this monitor; it’s not tied up with a shiny bow on the finish.

It merely is what it’s, which is ideal for a tune all about recognizing an issue. You don’t want to repair every thing directly – that may be a motive why individuals by no means even start to attempt. “Beginning to Scare Me” lets us know we aren’t alone within the darkness, and starting to acknowledge the entire darkish is step one in bringing you again to the sunshine.

“Beginning to Scare Me” together with Katelyn Tarver’s newest nostalgic dream pop monitor “Cinematic” have us on the fringe of our seats for what’s subsequent. Fortunately for us all, Tarver heads out on her first headlining tour beginning September sixth and shall be releasing an album in early 2024! Go see her!

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