New Zealander Indy Yelich may be Grammy-winning-artist Lorde‘s younger sister, but she forges her own path with “Hometown.” Her 5-track EP, titled Threads, will release on February 17 via TMWRK Records featuring the new single and previous singles “Killer” and “Threads.”
Despite her pop star connections, Indy found herself within poetry first. A self-proclaimed “writer, first and foremost,” she published her first poetry book, Sticky Notes, in 2018, following her second, Dudette, in March 2022.
“Hometown” by Indy Yelich
“‘Hometown’ is about the memories from my teen years in suburbia that I’ll never forget,” the budding artist said in a press release. “I wrote this song with Casey Smith at Ryan Tedder’s house, sitting on the floor playing notes on the piano while the light streamed in. This song took me four years to finish, because I felt like the song was so important and I wanted to get it right. I finished it with Miro Mackie and Daniel Chae, and they really brought it back to life.”
“Everybody has somebody from their past they hold close.”
Indy Yelich about “Hometown”
She continues: “This song is very nostalgic for me, as it makes me think of driving through the suburbs, taking the long way to go past an ex’s house, returning from the big city and staying at your parent’s. Everybody has somebody from their past they hold close. Knowing you’ve outgrown this person, the first inklings of real love, innocence, the sadness of having to let them go.”
“Hometown” certainly takes after her famous sister Lorde’s signature Pure Heroine brooding. The same throaty, deep grovel that haunted Lorde’s “Royals” and “White Teeth Teens” shape Indy’s musical aesthetic.
While the verses are suck in a staccato and repetitive piano drop, the chorus blossoms in a soft trap beat. The synths even get center stage appreciation on the chorus. However, it is the lyrics that pull at the heartstrings:
“Stuck in the quiet of my hometown / You’re wonderin’ if we’ll go back to bein’ friends / I just stay quiet so you know now That if I could, you know I’d do it all again / I gave you all of my midnights / But baby, now that it’s daytime / You are stuck in the quiet of my hometown / I have to go now.”
Chorus lyrics of “Hometown” by Indy Yelich
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