#mnerva

Nashville-based rock artist MNERVA loves to fuse his rock, hip hop, and musical theatre influences into a amalgamation of stylings you’ve never quite heard before. After he spent many years honing his craft, MNERVA originally debuted as a hip hop artist in early 2020 before embracing more of a rock background into his work to give it an edge alike nothing you’ve heard before. Now sharing a remix of his previously released single ‘SORRY (FORGET ABOUT ME)’, MNERVA collaborates with Matty Beats and Allistair to put out his self-proclaimed favourite version of the track - and for good reason.

Entangled between a fluctuating blend of genres is the groundbreaking new remix of ‘SORRY (FORGET ABOUT ME)’, a track originally based within more of a soft electronic edge and intimate feel. Opening with tense, atmospheric guitar plucks, the new revision of track doesn’t lose the air of intimacy the original wields, but the verse swiftly captures more of a heavy-hitting dominance that leaves it feeling more of an anthem than a downbeat, emotionally-infused journey. From gritty, harsh electric guitar strums to pulsating electronic beats, the soundscape immediately hits hard and you can’t help but be gripped on every moment of it. Complemented by angsty spoken-sung vocals, MNERVA spits out a flow of addictive lyricism you’ll find yourself wrapped up and singing along to each word of, carrying an attitude in every charismatic line. The chorus truly explodes though, at first relying on just spiking beats and vocals before an entire commanding wall of instrumentals hits at their peak. From driving electric guitar to thunderous beats and MNERVA dancing between a higher range with a hoarseness that makes every word all the more poignant, ‘SORRY (FORGET ABOUT ME)’ really shines in this more impassioned, dark version that intertwines both a magnitude of emotion and a fierce sound into one song you can’t help but want to listen to on repeat. A stripped-back verse even takes a moment to linger on the personal message buried within, leaving you both aching and empowered all at once.

Lyrically, ‘SORRY (FORGET ABOUT ME)’ is a hard-hitting introspective look inside at oneself, dwelling on past mistakes and carrying the guilt of decisions made with an authentic remorse. As the chorus hook says it best, MNERVA sings ‘I’m so sorry that you loved me, one day you’ll see you’re better off without me’, an evidently pained revelation of the weight he’s carrying for things he has done, burying it all within and self-critically tearing apart his own character. Sharing that ‘you were out there wrestling with your demons, and I know I made them worse’, MNERVA clearly feels consumed by his past inability to help someone he once loved, perhaps dealing with his own difficulties that only made his partner’s worse. Knowing that nothing can be done to change it, lines like ‘I can’t take back all the mistakes that I’ve made’ drip with a pure and pained harshness, wishing things could be different but knowing that what’s done is done. Yet despite how tragically MNERVA wears these mistakes on his sleeve and blames himself for every detail of what once went wrong, the track’s accountability and regretfulness reminds you that we’re all simply human, learning and growing from where we’ve been and moving forward as someone better is ultimately all that matters. It’s real and it’s not afraid to be, with MNERVA clearly taking upon experiences - whether they be his own or others’ - to write something that truly matters.

Check out ‘SORRY (FORGET ABOUT ME)’ here to enjoy the bombastic remix of MNERVA’s high-energy release with a message you won’t be able to forget!

Written by: Tatiana Whybrow

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