Louisa “Damn bad dream”

“Damn bad dream” is the lead single from Louisa’s upcoming EP Save You, slated for July release, written and produced just prior to Louisa’s mother passing. In “Damn bad dream,” the London-based singer-songwriter delves into the state of nightmare—the frozenness, the isolation, the worthlessness, and the disorientation, where fear and doubts roam free in the back corner of a locked closet deep, deep down in the basement of the house of a person. “When you’re too scared to try, afraid that you’ll lose.” The state of immobilization. Night drags long in between lucidity and dream.

“Damn bad dream” is nostalgic and nightmarish; dark pop with a soft glow of rhythmic sensibility. It’s melancholy and haunting. Unresolved, deeply stirring and strangely resonating. It seems to have awakened all the skeletons hidden in your closet—that’s exactly where the music breathes and lives—the haunting and dusty. Louisa sheds a light into the dark corners instead of covering it up even further. She knows the value of wakening the skeletons. Digging deep into where memories and our love and joy have crashed through.

Inspired by the darker side of ‘80s music, Kate Bush, Tori Amos, The Cure, Fleetwood Mac and many others, “Damn bad dream” bears both universal appeal and a sensuous, personal touch. Like the rest of Louisa’s songs, the single features a special collaboration with James Cunningham.

The London-based artist experiments wildly with genres and styles and collaborates broadly with musician around the world. All of the proceeds generated from the streams are directed to charity.