Single Review: I Don’t Care

I Don’t Care, the new single by Marianne Leigh, takes pop punk and makes it celestial. I love it when a song takes a concept and can stretch the emotion it evokes. In this case, Marianne tells us how she feels about the modern phenomenon called FOMO. At the age of 20, Marianne has created something beyond her years and has placed her individualised stamp on indie-pop music. From her hometown in Auckland, she created this special track and received gracious support from Ryan Cruickshank who helped with mixing.

“The creation of I Don’t Care was unlike anything I had done before. It was very much a 21st-century experience”

The melodies and harmonies are tranquil with Marianne’s voice being both soft and powerful at the same time. There’s a nice contrasting flow between the chorus which hits us with a strong force and the sinister verses. I especially like how Marianne’s voice beautifully bounces off the low-toned base and the supporting instruments. And behind the instruments, there are the lyrics that go into the deep trenches of being entangled with insecurities. They reflect the inner thoughts of deep fears and self-comparison which shows how powerful it is for an artist to share something so personal.

Marianne has travelled across the world to London from New Zealand in pursuit of even more music opportunities. She makes her London debut on June 28th as she takes a great step headlining at Troubadour in celebration of her single release alongside London-based acts Marchant, peafloom and Rosie Webb. At Visconti Studio in London, a studio built in partnership with Grammy award-winning Tony Visconti, Marianne sent mixes back and forth and Emily Wheatcroft-Snape put all the beautiful parts of the song together from New Zealand. With already an EP up her sleeve titled Simple Things and a few more singles, there is certainly more to hear from this young artist. It’s going to be well worth seeing what she releases in the future.