Charli Adams - 'Na Na Na Song'
Indie-pop artist Charli Adams is back with her much-anticipated new track, and it has been well worth the wait.
Hailing from Alabama, Adams moved to Nashville when she was 17 to pursue her career after connecting with a producer.
Her debut EP Good at Being Young arrived in 2020, and gained the attention of Taylor Swift, and her debut full-length record Bullseye was released in the summer of 2021, to much critical success, filled with intimate, personal lyrics and featuring collaborations with Ruston Kelly and Novo Amor.
Na Na Na Song is one of her happiest songs to date. The lyrics are just as personal, but tonally, and even sonically, the track is jovial and chirpy.
Opening with a slight distortion of the track’s chorus and an acoustic guitar, it brings to mind the alt-pop of the 2000s, carrying an Avril Lavigne vibe.
Adams’ vocals are rich and soft as usual, and the listener can really sink into her voice on this song. “You came in like a soft early morning/Blue as the way it’s been going” she delivers during the chorus, which is euphoric yet gentle. Speaking on the writing process of the song, she said: “I wrote the chorus of Na Na Na Song in my living room back in Nashville. The song is about adjusting to the peaceful feeling that comes with a healthy relationship and the realisation that I could live in the good without anticipating the bad around the corner. I wanted this song to sound as easy as falling in love when you’re being treated kindly and softly and the song the other person ‘knows all the words to’ is a nod to ‘A Long December’ by Counting Crows.”
The track most definitely does sound easy, effortless, and as light as a summer’s day. If this is a taster of what’s to come from her next record, rest assured it will be just as strong, if not stronger, than her previous releases.
Words by Lucy Skeet
