Something new is coming. DISTANT LIGHT drops soon, and this track takes me into territory I’ve never explored before. It’s more atmospheric, more cinematic than anything I’ve released.
The song started during one of those restless Moscow nights when the city feels both infinite and suffocating. I was walking through empty streets, and this melody just appeared – haunting and repetitive, like thoughts you can’t escape.
Lyrically, this track explores themes of connection and isolation. It’s about those moments when you’re physically close to someone but emotionally worlds apart. The verses move through different landscapes – fields, streets, memories – all searching for something that feels increasingly distant.
The production on this one is different. We experimented with layered vocals and ambient textures that create this dreamlike quality. The sound builds slowly, like fog rolling in, until you’re completely surrounded by it.
Working on the arrangement was fascinating. Instead of traditional verse-chorus structure, the song flows more like a stream of consciousness. Each section bleeds into the next, creating this continuous emotional journey.
The title captures everything I was trying to express – that feeling when something or someone you want feels just out of reach. Close enough to see, too far to touch. It’s about longing and the space between people.
Vocally, I approached this track differently too. Less aggressive than GIMME WHAT I WANT, more vulnerable than ELEPHANTS. The delivery needed to match the ethereal quality of the music.
This single represents another step in my evolution as an artist. I’m learning to embrace ambiguity, to let songs exist in emotional gray areas rather than forcing clear conclusions.
The sound design includes elements that blur the line between music and soundscape. Field recordings, reversed vocals, instruments that sound like they’re coming from another room – all building this sense of distance the song is about.
DISTANT LIGHT is about accepting that some connections exist in spaces we can’t quite define. Sometimes the most powerful emotions happen in the gaps between words.
More details coming soon.
— Indie pop artist, musician Anastasia Ledovskaya