.KarenElson_ enchants on new country-pop song 'Broken Shadow,' produced by the duo behind Kacey Musgraves' 'Golden Hour'
, the road-less-glamourous oddly sounds like the more invigorating one. “When I was young, I let the darkness drag me down, but I’m not afraid these days,” she sings.“Broken Shadow” is an inviting, country-pop song. But as the title suggests, that charming melody papers over deeper emotional territory. In the lyrics and delivery, Elson throws ambiguous winks at the themes undergirding the music’s vague sense of surrender.
“[It’s] about recognizing that we’re all flawed, complicated, and a little bit fucked up,” Elson said in a statement, “and making peace with that.” Elson said that the lyrics “poured” out of her and that it’s one of her most autobiographical songs. In the accompanying video, which Elson co-directed with Emily Dorio, clips of smashed mirrors and a python encircling her neck are juxtaposed with Elson under a shaky spotlight, singing, strumming alone; averting her gaze from the camera or looking beyond it. For those who only know Elson as the girl in theIf the semi-sweet flavor of acoustic guitar music sounds familiar, it should.
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