Greya - 'Thrive'
Philadelphia artist Greya explores the toxicity of a one sided relationship on powerful pop single, ‘Thrive’.
'Thrive’ opens with quirky, niggling textures, providing the track with an engaging, yet slightly frazzled driving force. Greya’s powerhouse vocal is confessional and emotive. Atmospheric on the more minimal parts of the track and soaring with determination when the song fills out with thunderous drum patterns and melodic synth layers on its chorus. A dramatic combination that sees the emotion of the lyrical theme fully realised.
“I wrote ‘Thrive’ about a one sided relationship.” Greya explains. “The love interest is really the quintessential egomaniac, just in it for the validation he’s getting from the girl. She just wants clarity and to feel like the effort she’s putting in is mutual, but like so many relationships, she’s getting used for how she makes him feel. It’s kind of a merry-go-round of “I’ll do what I need to to keep you around, but not enough to make this healthy”.
’Thrive’ reaches a sparse, vocal-led climax, keeping the song’s exposed lyricism at the forefront of the track. Here, Greya intensely holds a mirror up to herself in a moment of self realisation, “I blame myself, in the moment it felt real.” ‘Thrive’ is a harsh, emotional masterclass in the pains of settling for less.
Words of Karla Harris
’Thrive'’ Songwriters: Grace Snider / Jasper Leak / Chris Keup
Produced by: Jasper Leak, Michael Rossback, Chris Keup