Rising star Abby Roberts has released emotional indie pop track ‘volatile’, listen here. The song presents Abby’s stunning soft vocals as they juxtapose the confusion and pain felt throughout the lyrics while she sings about the experience of a friendship coming to an end. ‘volatile’ is released alongside a visualiser, that you can check out below. Today’s release was produced by Rob Milton (Holly Humberstone, The 1975) with Noah Terefe, and mixed by Nathan Phillips (Omar Apollo, Remi Wolf, Jean Dawson).
Commenting on the new single, Abby says: “‘volatile’ for me was all about getting this pent-up anger and frustration that was caused by the reckless behaviour an ex-friend off of my chest. I felt sick of my life revolving around these dramatic and stressful situations that this person was pulling me into, and ‘volatile’ was the manifestation of me cutting this person off – it felt very cathartic putting that feeling into lyrics and venting through music”.
‘volatile’ follows ‘Imposter Syndrome’, a dreamy 80s inspired indie track produced by Sammy Witte (Harry Styles’ co-writer and producer) and written by Abby alongside friend and mentor Halsey. Released in August, ‘Imposter Syndrome’ marked the start of a new era for Abby with it being her first musical offering since 2022’s debut EP Ashes. The pop rock EP included tracks ‘Paramaniac’, ‘Pink Champagne’, and ‘Video Girl’ and perfectly demonstrated Abby’s musical abilities to her audience.
About Abby Roberts
Hailing from Leeds, the 22-year-old make-up artist turned pop rock musician began her career at the micro age of 11, turning out experimental artwork on her face for YouTube, Instagram and later TikTok, where she grew a dedicated following of over 16.5 million. Currently on Instagram she’s sitting pretty on 2 million followers, with 819k YouTube subscribers and 74k Spotify monthly listeners. It wasn’t until 2020, as Roberts was reaching creative burn out, that she returned to her dream of creating music. With help from producers Tim Woodcock and Noah Terefe, Abby built up her confidence within her songwriting and found her sound, blending her influences of Lana Del Rey, Mazzy Star, Nirvana, Radiohead, and Arctic Monkeys. Her laid-back melancholic debut EP Ashes gained approval from Halsey, who later asked Abby to support them on tour.
Since then, as Abby’s career has rocketed. Abby has since smashed performances at Romania’s Summer In The City 2023, Brighton’s Great Escape Festival and Reading & Leeds Festival and has previously opened up for the likes of beabadoobe, Pale Waves, The Marias, and, most recently, Gus Dapperton. In August Abby Roberts returned with indie track ‘Imposter Syndrome’, co-created with Halsey, presenting her inventiveness, relatability, and star quality.
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