Bri Clark | "Waiting"

This week we are crushing on one of Australia’s most enthralling artists on the rise, Bri Clark, who just released her newest single “Waiting”.

Perth singer songwriter Bri weaves emotionally wrought alt-pop marvels about love, heartache, and the corporeal grind of living with chronic illness. Enveloping her impeccably agile voice—the alluring centrepiece of her work—with spacious atmospherics, brooding piano, and elegant dynamics, Bri Clark has rapidly earned her status as she released her breakthrough single ‘Giving Up’ in 2018, emerging from a two year hiatus spent focussing on her health after being diagnosed with Lupus; an unpredictable and enduring autoimmune disease. This time away from the regular artist’s cycle not only provided Bri with a newfangled appreciation of self-care and accessibility in the music industry, but also an invaluable period of creative incubation, where Bri found herself writing incessantly as a means to process her emotions and the constant changes within her body. ‘Giving Up’ is Clark’s gut-wrenchingly candid first offering unearthed from this metamorphosis.

Written in spring 2019 following a turbulent breakup, the track is profoundly personal, intuitive and was never originally intended to be released as it was purely written as a means for Bri to process her own trauma. Now with the healing passage of time on her side, Bri Clark is eagerly waiting in the wings to unveil her emancipating debut that chronicles the exquisite ache of love lost and acceptance gained in an emotional yet necessary purgatory catharsis.

Speaking on the album, Bri says "You know when you've been lied to and ghosted and love bombed and then lied to again, and then you end up waking up in the morning to a cold, distant stranger? That's Waiting".

Propelled by intelligent dark-pop nuances and slick, hard-hitting production throughout, the lyrics presented the grieving process of a dysphoric relationship. Waiting is a wildly impressive release carved from the rubble of heartache and resilience. Bri Clark has announced herself, and her intention is as resolute as ever. She is here, and she is worthy of triumph.

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