Indie Pop from Emmrose

Hailing from New York, Emmrose is a young pop artist who wrote her first song aged 14 whilst in a maths lesson at school. Despite being just 18 now, and studying at college in New York City, she’s already proved herself as a true force of pop music and songwriting panache.

Having released 14 singles to date as well as her award-winning debut EP Hopeless Romantics, she’s now working on her sophomore EP. Recording her music in Brooklyn at Behind the Curtains Media and working exclusively with producer Mike Abiuso, she’s made a name as a rising star in the local music scene and beyond.

In May 2020 her single “The Grass Was Greener” claimed two spots in Spotify Editorial Playlists and later her single “Waitlisted” was featured on MTV’s Teen Mom show towards the end of last year. With one of her recent singles, the track titled “Brave New World”, Emmrose delivers her first politically-charged effort.

The single offers her typically cinematic pop writing with her soaring vocals front and centre sitting above a delicate arrangement of instrumentation. Emmrose drew inspiration from some of her favourite novels such as George Orwell’s 1984, the 1932 book from which the song takes its name Brave New World by Aldous Huxley as well as the renowned line in Shakespeare’s play The Tempest, “O brave new world, that has such people in it!”

Influenced by themes of dystopia, Emmrose draws comparisons to the madness in our world today. With chaos playing out everywhere, the song was written during the election of the new President, amidst an unprecedented misinformation war. Unable to avoid the furore of the current events the artist took inspiration and penned the song which, while dark and calamitous in nature, carries a stunningly melodic composition from an exciting artist that has unlimited talent and potential.

Listen to Brave New World below