Describing pop music can be a difficult task and often ends up inaccurate. The best you can do is hit the play button below. But for those who need a little encouragement: Tally Spear says she creates pop music with a punk attitude. Me, I hear some gothic elements in it. All in all, I’d say she sounds like a less electronic version of Billie Eilish. Should we file it under the catch-all term ‘alt-pop’, then? Just hit that play button, will you?

Already Gone is the 24-year-old Londoner’s third single of this year, her fourth altogether. “The track tackles feelings of detachment and distance”, Spear explains. “It is kind of the opposite of all the happy ‘honeymoon phase’ songs out there. I wanted to explore the sometimes negative thought processes surrounding new beginnings, and a desire for independence.”

The song was produced by Max Marlow (Kodaline, Declan MeKenna) and is the latest song to be taken from her debut EP, due out later this summer.

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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.