Siv Disaโs latest single โThe Debutantes of Williamsburgโ is a woozy, shimmering trip through the glitter-smeared haze of early adulthoodโequal parts dancefloor confession and existential poetry. Itโs like walking home barefoot at sunrise with mascara-stained cheeks, arms locked with a friend you just fought with in a club bathroom. From the first beat, the track pulls you into a hypnotic groove, built on a rumbling, almost heartbeat-like drum and a hazy piano riff that floats just off-center, like memories you canโt quite trust.
Disaโs voice enters breathy, rich, and intimate, full of angst and introspection. Her lyrics have that rare ability to feel diaristic and mythic at the same time. The line โTake pictures with the friends that you were crying over earlierโ is candidly real. Thereโs a whole lifetime in that one sentence. Her delivery rises and dips with instinctive control, soaring just when you think sheโll crack, all while staying locked in that moody, thoughtful tone.
What makes โThe Debutantes of Williamsburgโ truly stick, though, is the tension it holds. Itโs danceable, though, like twirling too fast under flashing lights, because stillness would mean confronting something. Thereโs this subtle sense of danger under the glamour, like heels too high on a cracked sidewalk. Co-produced with Sam and the Sea and mastered to glimmering precision by Luis Bonilla, the track is pop with an art school soulโthink Lorde with a philosophy degree or Caroline Polachek at a sleepover existential crisis.
If youโve ever been that girl trying to laugh through her breakdown in the club mirror, โThe Debutantes of Williamsburgโ is your anthem. Put it on repeat and cry-glow.
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Photo credits: Gabriela Neves
Review by: Naomi Joan