Maintaining appearances will get more durable while you’re coming aside inside. On Slip, Eyelar turns that feeling into dreamy alt-pop, caught between showing assured and the concern that comes with letting somebody get shut.
For Eyelar, that concern is private. She says she grew up believing the most secure choice was to not want different folks, solely to grasp later that the defend she’d constructed was shutting her in too. “Slip” got here from the primary time she allowed somebody previous it. Sharing the track introduced its personal discomfort, with Eyelar describing herself as feeling “somewhat bare” on launch day as ideas she’d beforehand stored non-public turned public.
The Dutch-Iranian, London-based artist has spent years writing for different musicians. Eyelar co-wrote “Anybody”, the ballad Demi Lovato carried out on the 62nd Grammy Awards in 2020, her first public look after leaving rehab, with Charli XCX, Little Combine and Bastille additionally amongst Eyelar’s credit. She has her personal catalogue too. Her 2020 single “Say It With Your Eyes” has racked up over seven million streams on Spotify alone.
Eyelar’s gentle, breathy vocals sit over clear, minimal manufacturing, giving the opening an intimate really feel. Pulsing synths progressively construct as a gradual rhythm strikes the track ahead. By the again half, a swirling melodic layer offers the observe a fuller, extra atmospheric sound.
“Slip” was launched on 31 July 2026, written by Eyelar Mirzazadeh alongside Chris Thomas and Henry Tucker and produced by Kurisu. The only is a part of the rollout for her forthcoming album The Promise of Chaos.
“Slip” has additionally been added to our Neon Music Indie Vibes playlist.
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