A week before it’s release to the world, I present:
Continuing the story after In Their Image, in Wild Animal I am now 10 years old. It’s a song about the relationship with my mother, the confusion and push and pull of being an autistic child raised by an autistic parent. In the first verse I’m nervous and dreaming of the physical touch that our relationship lacked. I can remember being on her lap and tensing all my muscles hoping she wouldn’t stop tenderly touching me. In the second verse I’m anxious, wishing she would leave me alone, her energy setting off my sensory issues. It’s funny because as a child I felt she was like a wild animal, a creature who I was tracking its every move, trying to understand it. It’s taken all these years to see that we are much the same, the wild animal is also me 🦌
This one was produced with Alex Tanas and Anwar Sawyer and mastered by Darren Vermaas. Roxy van Bemmel painted the beautiful artwork you’ll see in the link to listen above, and of course get ready for the painting process and cute kid inspo pics I’ll be sharing on Instagram after release.
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Love,
vōx