You know that moment when a song title just appears in your head? Not from trying, just there. That’s how this album started.
Will I see you again wasn’t planned as an album title. It was a question I kept asking myself last autumn. About people, about places, about versions of myself I’d left behind. The kind of question that sits with you at 3am when Moscow goes quiet.
Then came Time kills everything that I love. Dramatic? Maybe. True? Absolutely. I wrote it watching how quickly things change, how relationships shift, how even your favourite cafe closes down and becomes something else. Time doesn’t ask permission.
Fake it came from a completely different place. Studio session with Vlad, trying to nail a vocal take, and I just couldn’t get the emotion right. He said “fake it until you feel it”, and I laughed because that’s exactly what the song needed to be about. How we all perform sometimes, even for ourselves.
Morning is the lightest thing here. Just guitar, voice, and this feeling of waking up next to someone and everything being simple for once. No drama, no questioning. Just morning light and coffee.
The album closes with Bear. People keep asking what it means. Honestly? It’s about carrying weight. Being strong when you don’t feel strong. The animal that hibernates but also protects. That duality felt right for ending this collection.
Five tracks. Five completely different moments from the past year. That’s what albums should be, I think. Not one mood, but a journey.
— Indie pop artist, musician Anastasiia Ledovskaia