{"id":35121,"date":"2020-11-12T21:00:45","date_gmt":"2020-11-12T21:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/traklife.com\/featured\/headstart-single-review\/"},"modified":"2020-11-12T21:00:45","modified_gmt":"2020-11-12T21:00:45","slug":"headstart-single-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traklife.com\/culture\/headstart-single-review\/","title":{"rendered":"“Headstart” – Single Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column][vc_column_text]Jade Bird<\/a> just released her first single of 2020: \u201cHeadstart\u201d is a continuation of the UK singer-songwriter\u2019s folky, Americana sound, with plenty of lyrics you\u2019ll be singing after just a few listens.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cHeadstart\u201d is a jangling plea from Bird to the object of her affection to notice that she\u2019s got feelings for them. \u201cYou\u2019re the only one in the room \/\/ but you don\u2019t see me, do you? \/\/ Must be blind not to \/\/ That\u2019s alright, I\u2019ll keep on \/\/ putting myself on the line,\u201d she shrugs, before howling the chorus, \u201cWhy\u2019s it so hard? \/\/ I\u2019ve given you a headstart.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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My favorite line is in the bridge: \u201cIs there a way to get your attention \/\/ without looking like a fool? \/\/ Should I slip it in our conversations? \/\/ \u2018By the way, I love you.\u2019\u201d It\u2019s a characteristically tongue-in-cheek moment; most of Bird\u2019s songs have lines that are half-joke, half-serious emotion.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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In an interview with NME<\/a>, Bird said, \u201c<\/span>For me, it was really like a clearing in the clouds. <\/span>It\u2019s less about the simple meaning of liking someone and someone not liking you back. That\u2019s universal and I like the sass in the chorus.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cHeadstart\u201d is the lead single off Bird\u2019s upcoming sophomore album. No word yet on when we can expect it to drop.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cI wrote most of the album in January before we locked down \u2013 I was in upstate New York, actually, where I wrote my first record,\u201d Bird told NME. \u201cI was really feeling a bit dry creatively after touring so much the year before. Then I just had this real breakthrough and I was just desperate to record the album, I just didn\u2019t want to move on creatively from it. So in June we ended up going over to Nashville via Mexico\u2026.I wrote about four or five tracks for the album in the two weeks before we recorded it in Mexico, as you do. But it was a weird, weird time and journey.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Check out \u201cHeadstart\u201d here!<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n