Charli Adams - 'Cry Over Me'
Indie-pop singer/songwriter Charli Adams is back with another new single, Cry Over Everything, from her upcoming EP Nothing To Be Scared Of which will arrive on 30 August.
This will be her first project since her debut record Bullseye, released in summer 2021.
Raised in Alabama, Adams moved to Nashville when she was seventeen to pursue and further her career as a musician. Her debut EP Good at Being Young arrived in 2020, and she has collaborated with alternative artists Rosie Carney and Nightly.
Her release from May, ‘na na na song’ was a joyful song, an ode to being in a happy, healthy relationship.
Cry Over Everything is similar sonically, with echoes of the 2000s in the production. The track is a love letter to being sensitive. Opening with acoustic guitar and Adams vocals, it is catchy and rhythmic straight away. “All that I know is I know how I’m feeling/Letting it go, that’s how I’m healing” She sings proudly in the chorus, that explodes euphorically, swirling with drums and guitar. “Oh, to be, so sensitive/But that’s the best of me” She informs in the pre-chorus.
It's definitely a comforting song, especially for fellow sensitive people, or those who are constantly told that they’re over sensitive. Talking about the writing of the song, Charli said: “This song is about my overactive tear ducts and the title is actually the biggest understatement. Essentially my eyes well up when I feel any trace of emotion, good or bad. I cry when I yawn, laugh, or hear a well written song. I’ve always been a big feeler, and throughout my entire life I’ve been referred to as sensitive, but I found myself in a career that fosters that and not only allows me the freedom of sensitive but encourages it. This song is about embracing that part of yourself and recognising its beauty and its essential role in the healing process.”
Cry Over Everything is a perfect indie-pop song, relatable, catchy, fun, and well written. If the rest of the songs on her upcoming EP Nothing To Be Scared Of are this good, then us listeners certainly don’t have anything to be scared of.
Words by Lucy Skeet
