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Band & Musician News - Alayna Shares New Live Video Watch 'So We Remain'

Alayna Shares New Live Video Watch 'So We Remain'

16 June 2022 - 0 Comments

After sharing the video for Just So You Won’t Be Alone, New Zealand-based singer-songwriter Alayna has today released another beautifully intimate video, this time the exquisite So We Remain.

“In a beautiful setting between the trees, I wanted to capture the beauty in the sadness that is felt in the song,” Alayna said. “Although hopeless, it can be an all-encompassing and comforting feeling.”

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So We Remain [Live Session]:

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“The world created with these two songs showcase the polarity in an unhealthy relationship cycle. With the contrast of feelings between blame and self-blame, anger and sadness, bravado and hopelessness, I wanted to capture the contrast with live videos. Being in nature amongst the trees and birds, performing about jarring emotions that come with a not-so natural state of relationship, as well as the contrast of day and night, showcasing the two sides of the project.”

Recently signed to the Nettwerk label, these two new tracks (Just So You Won't Be Alone and So We Remain) are the artist’s first new material since her 2020 EP, Tender. Known for blending contemporary R&B and soul sounds with a modern twist, Alayna manoeuvres eloquently between the two genres as she weaves the two worlds together with her soulful voice. The new songs act as companion pieces to each other. Where Just So You Won't Be Alone ends with bravado and a sense of separation, So We Remain represents the softening, sadness, and hopelessness of falling back into each other. Like picking up the debris from a storm, or assessing the damage the morning after the party, it signifies the sinking back into reality of the situation, and clarity that comes with it.



Currently based in Auckland, Alayna has been an avid explorer of herself for years, and, though she’s just coming to terms with herself now, she realises, too, that she’ll be ever-changing, evolving, and continuing to figure things out. Her upcoming new material throughout 2022 sees Alayna slowly transition from a R&B and soulful singer to a singer-songwriter where her lyrical skills truly shine.

Alayna’s debut EP Sweet Soul was released back in 2018 and amassed over 30+ million streams . The single Falling Autumn reached #8 on Spotify’s US Viral chart and got spins on BBC Radio 1. The EP’s closing track Between Dusk And Dawn is an emotionally raw ballad she co-wrote with Grammy Award-winning Finneas. Her acclaimed sophomore EP Tender came out in 2020, in which HillyDilly said she “has one of the best voices, and her delicate melodies are second-to-none... she continues to impress on each release.” Alayna is currently working on her debut full-length studio album for Nettwerk.


Photo Credit: Shan McGuiness

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