Written on August 8th, recorded on September 21st and released on October 25th 2019, Gone Now (Okay) is my debut release.

The lyrics and meaning:
The song is about a journey I faced this year getting over someone. The song takes the listener from the beginning of my journey where I ask this person, “how could you be this way?” to “I’m doing fine" and finally, “I’m gone now.” It was essential to me that the song flowed in that order and ended with me being gone, because that chapter is over and the song is a reflection on my story. I’m proud of all the lyrics in the song, it explores my feelings and questions theirs, like when I say “do you regret it now maybe?”

The sound:
The sound of the song was important to me as it needed to sound almost dark, grungy and set in the future, my future. There is a moment in the song where the main track dips out and all that can be heard is; what I call, the space sound and my voice saying “I’m doing fine all the same.” The song immediately kicks back in for the crux of the song where all the sounds come back to life for the most dancey (and my favourite) part of the song. My producer actually came up with this dip out and when I heard it, I realised it was missing the whole time!

The release date:
The song is released on October 25th, my mums birthday! I picked this date as I wanted the song to come out the same day as the music video, but the shoot for the video was booked to be shot on the weekend just before. I am planning to film some sort of vlog or video scrapbook on the day of the shoot which should come out sometime after the single is released.

Whats next?
More music!
I’ve written and I’m still writing new music with lots of different things up my sleeves, so I suppose you should stay tuned because this is only the beginning…

- Reba -