Written by: Kyle Shearer, Nathaniel Campany and Phoebe Ryan Produced by: Kyle Shearer Album: Mine EP UK release: June 2015 UK chart peak: –
I was drawn a lot to the airy variety of female vocal (think Ellie Goulding, Diana Vickers) at the start of the decade; definitely less-so as the years ticked along. But Phoebe Ryan cut me like a knife with Mine; a song that I think I found so affecting because of how… unassuming it is? The production doesn’t sound like it’s trying to pummel your heartstrings, and Phoebe’s delivery isn’t particularly dramatic. It’s just a quiet, reflective song about coming out the other side of an emotional clusterfuck and whispering to yourself, ‘yes, I think I’ll be alright actually’. And in that subtlety is, ironically, huge power. I absolutely adore this song.
I’ll be writing about my favourite 100 pop songs of the decade; one a day for the last 100 days of 2019. They’re in no particular order, except the Top 10 – which will (obviously) come in late December.
