“Mistakes and Heartbreak” is probably the best N4November has to offer so far. The raw but time-gazed track was the very first song the artist composed as a musician when he was 16. Back then, he didn’t exactly picture himself as a musician, however the lyrics poured out of him in those moments that you’ll never forget. “Mistakes and Heartbreak” reads like a page from his diary, however, the perspective that N4November had on heartbreak as a 16-year-old articulates so well of that experience.

Maybe because back then, he wouldn’t shy away from vocalizing the pain and defeat that older adults would try to avoid. The honesty in his lyrics recall the broken hearted experience when a relationship doesn’t work out even though you have found true intimacy and love in each other and give the other person all your heart. Nobody likes to acknowledge the blame they had on themselves when it happened, especially when the world is so unkind for the broken hearted, but here in the first song from N4November, he would spill out “my heart mistaken, am I not enough?”

His music is so easy to relate to. The honesty in his music feels nostalgic and special because every adult was once like that, vulnerable, unprepared but fully-hearted in love, but over time, this seems to be a remote memory that many longs to connect to again. That’s what makes “Mistakes and Heartbreak” such a powerful track. It’s confrontational, with no reservation. It tell the truth from a perspective that has a secret healing power.

N4November is known to deliver rich lyrical melodies and lush yet sensitive soundscapes. His music connects listeners on a human level with nothing overly fancy but a passionate heart.