Words by Skylar Sanders
Since Solya’s 2023 debut release, a 3-track EP dubbed “Fever Dream,” the nineteen-year-old indie rock artist has been gracing audiences with a steady stream of singles—the most popular of which has over 10 million streams on Spotify alone. After a sold-out headliner at the historic Troubadour in West Hollywood and a debut album, “Queen of Texas,” set to release this March, she’s showing no signs of stopping. In the announcement for her new single, Solya writes, “this is just the beginning.”
Solya’s new track, “Tell Me It’s Over,” opens with a plea: “Don’t look at me like I’ve got blood on my hands.” Similar to Solya’s other projects, “Tell Me It’s Over” is brimming with emotions as she narrates a heartbreaking tale of a relationship at the end of its rope—although it doesn’t quite seem like she’s ready to let go. Lines like “I look for you in every person I meet” are sure to ring some familiar bells for anyone who has fallen victim to a dynamic that has left them wondering, “Were you always this cold?”
This track seems to mark a point of no return for the artist as she pleads with her lover to let her be, singing, “And when you forget me, please stay / Far away / Don’t call me babe.” There often comes a breaking point in relationships where, to ease the blow of a split, we cling to all of the gut-wrenching details of a partner’s wrongdoings as a way to sabotage any possibility of future reconciliation. Rather than proclaiming her desire to leave, Solya begs to have her reality reframed as a way to gaslight herself into a more ‘justified’ escape; “Tell me you never said I was the one.” If she doesn’t want to be the one with blood on her hands, asking someone else to do the emotional dirty work for her is a good start.
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