25 November 2022 - 0 Comments

Rising singer-songwriter alayna has today released the delicately empowering new single and video If You Want My Love, from her upcoming album set for release in 2023.

Listen to If You Want My Love HERE

Intimate acoustic guitar and delicate vocals expand into cinematic choruses, of deep synths and layers of swirling vocals. In just 2 minutes and 38 seconds, alayna transports her listeners into a world of delicately glistening R&B with unforgettable pop hooks, as she explores universal themes of wanting to be loved.

“If You Want My Love is about the longing to love and be loved in return,” explains alayna. “It’s about wanting this, despite our better judgements or the confinements of whether we are ready to open up our heart again after it’s been hurt before. It’s looking at nature and the workings of the world and wondering if this is just what we’re meant to do, why not? Why wait?”

Written with Noema Te Hau, the track was recorded and produced at Noema’s and Big Fan Studios, with drum additions from Simon Gooding. The single was also mixed by Simon Gooding and mastered by Joe LaPorta from Sterling Sound.

“Noema and I were just writing for fun; we didn’t really know where it would end up, as the first version was a lot different production wise,” says alayna. “Once the song started evolving we kept refining it until it became really massive. We don’t really know how it ended up where it did, but I’m so happy with it.”

Also out today is the accompanying lyric visual, animated by Izzy Lawrence. A gorgeous visual depiction of the track, the video explores the similarities between the fluidity and movement between flowers in nature, and how natural giving and receiving love is between humans.

“We wanted a moving visual showing various flowers in their cycles,” says alayna. “The video showcases various flowers/nature, emphasising the opening lyric of “I watch the leaves turn red / they don’t put up a fight, they just do what they’re meant / do we do what we’re meant, too?”

Watch the video HERE

Today’s release is the second single from alayna’s upcoming album, following the poignant first single Cherry Tree, and marks a new era for the New Zealand artist. Her previous work saw her transition from R&B to singer-songwriter, and these new songs are a glorious statement of her transformation.

Absorb alayna’s gorgeous new single out today, and get ready for more exciting music to come from this rising local artist.

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