You won’t hear Bella Latham complain about 2020, the year she debuted as Baby Queen. Her first EP Medicine, which compiled her singles so far, resulted in tours with Yungblud and Sea Girls. If her new single is anything to go by, 2021 promises to become another massive year for her.

Written near the beginning of 2018, Raw Thoughts is one of the first songs Latham wrote under her artist name. She had just gone through a terrible break-up, and discovering partying was like discovering freedom. “I had realized that I could do or be whoever I wanted to be, even though the only thing I wanted was to be loved by them again”, Baby Queen says of that period. To her, the song describes every feeling she felt at that point in time. “It’s euphoria bleeding into my deep sadness.”

The lyrics may be honest and naked, but Raw Thoughts is fully produced. It’s an infectious, hook-laden indie-pop banger.

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Werner Schlosser

I’m a music industry watcher and journalist. Worked at a CD club, a record store chain and was editor in chief of an entertainment trade magazine. Have been in the radio business since 1987, producing and presenting shows. Was music director of several stations. Also, I developed the European Border Breakers Chart, Music Moves Europe Talent Chart and ESNS Chart. CEO of Werner Bros. tekst | uitleg.