Relationship studies have shown that it takes an average of eight years to get over your ex. Granted, we all take our own time to heal and this study is an educated generalization at best but one common thread amongst the broken hearted is the rumination that comes with separation. Sometimes with that rumination comes a painful relooping of traumas yet there are also moments of clarity, growth and understanding.
Cue GOLDY‘s latest titular single, “I Know Now.” Fueled by a bouncy, driving melody, the song has a somber but also optimistic energy that almost remedies any and all lovesickness. The lyrics are vulnerable and vibey. GOLDY confesses that she’s obsessed but also in the same breath acknowledges that there is a version of her that has found closure and no longer feels mired in the quicksand of a love lost. “I Know Now” is the lead single off of her debut album of the same name and serves as the emotional compass of the album itself.
If you were to classify “I Know Now” as your typical break-up pop ballad, you would be “misgenre-ing” the song and misconstruing its intent altogether. GOLDY meant for “I Know How” to be a transitional anthem in which one comes to the realization that their loss is a lesson, their pain is a launchpad and that are not only capable of loving again but that they also deserved to be loved again.
The Odesa, Ukraine native is broadcasting from a space of gratitude and optimism.
GOLDY had this to say about the single and the album:
“Every song on this album is a lesson I’m grateful for. Some lessons came through heartbreak, others through hope, faith, and starting over. I wouldn’t change any of them, because they made me who I am today. That’s why the album is called I Know Now.” – GOLDY.
Akeem is our founder. A writer, poet, curator and profuse sweater, he is responsible for the curatorial direction and overall voice of Quiet Lunch. The Bronx native has read at venues such as the Nuyorican Poets Cafe, KGB Bar, Lovecraft and SHAG–with works published in Palabra Luminosas and LiVE MAG13. He has also curated solo and group exhibitions at numerous galleries in Chelsea, Harlem, Bushwick and Lower Manhattan.