11/26/2022 0 Comments Little do you know chordsGet lost in the visceral whirlpool of “they don’t know,” and get to this up-and-coming indie rock force in our interview below! All I know, a ll I know All I know is just us And all you know And all you know And all you know is all them Girl why you always gotta… keep me a secret… I guess feeling “other-ed,” by partners and friends.Ītwood Magazine caught up with Zahara Jaime to dive into the depths of “they don’t know” as well as zzzahara’s burgeoning artistic identity. I was mostly feeling like my relationships with women weren’t taken seriously in a mostly heteronormative society. “they don’t know” can also just be a secret relationship.” zzzahara © Jade DeRose I wanted to channel that frustration into “they don’t know,” and make a song that can resonate with people. I think it’s an insecurity that I have with being queer and something I have experienced a lot of in my life. “The song means something along the lines of not feeling seen, feeling a bit rejected from the world as in queer relationships mattering less in the grand scheme of relationships. I guess I had a lot of repressed feelings that week, because once I started playing that lead riff and writing the lyrics… It just felt so powerful.” They don’t know, they don’t know They don’t know about us ‘Cause if they did, cause if they did, ’cause if they did, I came home and decided to make a fast beat – I was feeling a bit chaotic having left the party and wanted to make something with a heavy energy. “Sometimes when I’m out doing something all I can think about is writing music or playing my guitar. “The song came into being, one night, when I left a party,” Jaime tells Atwood Magazine. The artist rises to the fore as the musical maelstrom whips around them, their voice an emotional life raft in a sonic sea of turmoil: Girl why you always gotta keep me a secret? Telling me you love me feels like you don’t mean it You know well it’s enough to lead me on so Searching high and low for all your loving Posting up with him when I know your fronting It’s everything you wanted to see on For zzzahara, this track explores a life hanging in the balance between memory and possibility. Pulsing synths and unrelenting drums give zzzahara’s latest an undeniable sense of urgency and anxiety. “they don’t know” follows this past February’s standalone single “I do ok alone,” a bittersweet anti-love song fittingly released on Valentine’s Day. The solo moniker for Eyedress/Simps guitarist Zahara Jaime, zzzahara (stylized in all lower caps letters) first debuted in mid-2019, and released a steady stream of songs and an EP, Simp.Wav, throughout 2020. they don’t know – zzzahara Girl you look really good with that dress on I could really use those lips to press on I just want to be enough to get you on love Feenin for a fix I could really use your loving Telling me this could never be nothing Girl why you thinking this could be so wrong So? They don’t know they don’t know They don’t know about us Cause if they did cause if they did They would judge usĪtwood Magazine is proud to be premiering zzzahara’s new single “they don’t know,” their first release via British indie label Lex Records (out November 16, 2021). It’s an evocative and memorable moment of truth for a solo artist quickly coming into their own with a style, sound, and substance that is all their own. Passion and frustration roar while insecurities and gut feelings flourish in a moving reckoning of sexuality and identity. A feverish indie rock song drowning in intimate emotion and frenetic energy, zzzahara’s “ they don’t know” is a vulnerable and raw outpouring from the heart. Sometimes our feelings wash over us slowly, in waves other times, everything rushes out all at once. I hope listeners feel like they never have to be kept a secret, and that they can love anyone they want without feeling ashamed of their sexuality or gender. The solo moniker for Eyedress/Simps guitarist Zahara Jaime comes to life on their first release with London-based Lex Records. A feverish indie rock song drowning in intimate emotion and frenetic energy, zzzahara’s “they don’t know” is a vulnerable and raw outpouring from the heart.
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