#ellwhy

Here’s a song I wrote that was inspired from my re-reading of the #heartstopper graphic novel all over again. I know it doesn’t fit the heartstopper mixtape vibe, but this song aligns with the feelings I get when reading this beautiful story, 

(This is another heartstopper post, just fyi) I love this series, and I wanted to contribute something to it. Love all the fanart for it, but I can’t draw for shit.

Volume one was a ride: seeing both our favorite boys wrestle through their own emotions. I wanted to try and convey those feelings into sound.   What stuck with me when reading this graphic novel was that there was no real indication of what type of music Nick and Charlie preferred. The most we’re given is that Charlie plays the drums. So I tried my shot at doing something about it. With the help of Charli XCX’s vocals (<3), I wrote a song that I felt encapsulated the personal confusion that Nick and Charlie experienced in their first episodes together: Love, friendship, acceptance, mixed signals, truth, communication. Just some of the many emotions that I feel they experienced from their first encounters. These emotions...wrapped in love, but covered with the facade of self doubt: it’s their enemy. 

Anyways, I hope you enjoy this song as much as I did making it. <3

They say, "Keep your friends close" But you're closer, I love when you're here I'm so far away sometimes, I'm distant, yeah You might help me, intimacy I'll admit, I'm scared Maybe, maybe you can reach me, yeah