What’s this? New music from the Swedish artist Winona Oak – she’s back with her latest single and video ‘Island Of The Sun’.
What’s it like? It’s got a soft and dreamy melody that’s been jolted to life by a wonderfully distorted production, which makes for an especially captivating listen.
What does she say? “This song was created on a sunny evening in Los Angeles when I was going through a really tough time and felt more homesick than ever. I grew up on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean, approximately 5,360 miles from LA in the middle of the Nordic forests of Sweden on a small island called Sollerön, Solens ö, aka island of the sun. The island works as a metaphor for a place when everything’s peaceful and simple. Like that time in your childhood when the world is only as big and beautiful as you make it, you know as we grow older we tend to complicate things. I want the island to represent a happy place within ourselves or in a relationship, a bittersweet yearning for a place we ache to go again.”
Written by? Winona herself, along with Chris Lyon, Kate Morgan, Kyle Shearer and Nate Campany.
You can find ‘Island Of The Sun’ on our Best New Pop playlist.
