Asha Gold – 'Passenger'

London-based artist Asha Gold reminisces on the beauty of travel in second single ‘Passenger’.

Always moving but never restless, that’s how ‘Passenger’ feels. Listening is like watching the world fly by through the window, it’s the peaceful sense of joy you feel on the road to a new adventure. An instantly recognisable riff lights the way, accompanied by gorgeous vocals and smooth, soothing rhythms that let you breathe easy. 

Talking about how the track came to be, Asha explains: “’Passenger’ was one of the first songs I ever wrote. I had been travelling in Europe, and on my train home I heard a guy on the platform playing a riff on guitar which caught my attention. I asked him what the chords were and wrote the song the next day with the voice note he had kindly recorded for me. It’s about escapism and how all your stresses seem to fade when you’re travelling, constantly on the move. Although currently we’re all very limited on where and how much we can travel at the moment, I’m hoping this song gives people the same sense of freedom when they listen to it that I had when I was writing it.”

Words by Laura Freyaldenhoven

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