Matahara Will Have You Pining For Your Crush With ‘Blue Dreams’
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Melbourne musician Matahara has been turning heads with her bedroom-produced pop tunes, and her latest single, Blue Dreams, is set to continue that trend. It’s a track about the boy of her dreams, and the lyrics are as witty as they are relatable. She’s only released a few tracks so far, but Matahara’s songwriting illuminates what makes being alive so great. She takes a standard situation like having a crush and writes songs that are both universal and personal. Blue Dreams belongs to you, and to the whole world. You can’t fake songwriting like that.
You’d struggle to mistake Matahara’s music for anyone else’s, because it’s so deeply “hers”. I never get the sense that she’s writing music to retrofit trends, or to try and ride the next wave. Instead, lyrics about train carriages and farewells put you right alongside her as she experiences these emotions and events, and like a friend that’s checking in on you, Matahara’s putting the ball in your court. How you interpret her lyrics is up to you, but everyone will take something slightly different away from her music. She’s a gifted songwriter.
Speaking about the track, Matahara says, "I spend a lot of time writing music, daydreaming and exploring things on my own. Because of that, I think I struggle to connect with people romantically. The song is about experiences that I’ve had with different guys over the years. If only I could mash them all up together, then he would be the boy of my dreams. I haven’t met the boy of my dreams."
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Check out Blue Dreams below. The single is off her debut EP, Triple Alliteration, which you should definitely go and check out. For now, give Blue Dreams a listen, and let your mind wander off to do its thing. You deserve it, especially given the stress we all seem to be experiencing at the moment. Wasn’t 2021 supposed to be an improvement? In many ways, for me, it has been. The world’s better off for having more music from Matahara, too. It’s all about the small wins.