Uncover ghostdaughter’s sweetly unnerving indie pop ballad.

ghostdaughter – ‘Doll’

‘Good morning doll, how did you sleep?’ opens ‘Doll’ by ghostdaughter. A deceptively harmless starting for a track that goes layers deep and contains traces like ‘mom ripped out all of your tooth’. Don’t let the dreamy guitar choosing idiot you – we’re verging on an Alice in Wonderlandian nightmare right here. 

ghostdaughter is the mission of Naomi Ren Harper, a musician and singer-songwriter hailing from North Carolina. Having achieved success with a former mission underneath the identify Shiki XO, a gender transition alongside a musical one led her to develop ghostdaughter, with ‘Doll’ being its first unique single launch.

‘Doll’ is a lo-fi indie ballad with soothing, classic melodies and a darker lyrical underbelly.

The deeply wealthy lyrics paint an image of an unspecified dysfunctional relationship – ‘I do know I stated that we’d be higher’ – that’s haunted by disturbing goals. Strains like ‘did all of the cobwebs stretch throughout your mouth’ might get misplaced within the candy tune however as soon as heard, cannot be unheard. The track ends on a considerably hopeful be aware, remarking ‘we are going to all be alive’, however the impact continues to be unnerving. That is all delivered with pure, folky melodies and Harper’s layered, softly drawling vocals. 

The manufacturing is stripped again, with solely guitar and vocals, letting the melody weave its allure and the guitar exhibit some properly intricate choosing. There are some retro folks influences at work right here, mixed with a lo-fi, Tiktok singer-songwriter sound. It’s a compelling monitor, maybe not a banger however memorable and jarring.  This would possibly simply be your new web obsession. 

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