Polly Havelock talks to singer-songwriter Etham on his profound new ballad ‘Simply Anybody’, the complexities of heartbreak, and the highly-anticipated upcoming EP ‘Every part and Nothing’….
Hello Etham, how are you?
I’m very properly thanks. Very excited for this 12 months and it’s already been nice thus far!
Your new single ‘Simply Anybody’ dropped final week, and it is likely to be your most heartfelt monitor but. Are you able to inform us what impressed the tune?
I believe I wished to seize 2 feelings on this tune and the obvious ones when breaking apart with somebody is unhappiness and anger little little bit of anger however wrapped in a reminder that she wasn’t simply anybody to me, she meant rather a lot in my life and I simply wished to seize a tune that expressed these emotions.
Sharing such a private idea publicly should be fairly the expertise – do you discover the method therapeutic or daunting?
It’s a little bit of each as a result of to me music is meant to be sincere so your conscious that your placing that vulnerability on the market but additionally on the identical time it’s an opportunity for folks to attach which is what I wish to try to obtain however that does include the daunting feeling that it gained’t join with folks however that’s the chance you generally must take.
Simply Anybody’ is the newest chapter in your upcoming EP ‘Every part and Nothing’, due out on July 4th. May you stroll us by way of the inventive course of behind the venture?
Every part & Nothing was born from a spot of feeling a little bit misplaced after a breakup and the phrase “Every part & Nothing” got here to me while writing among the EP in Nashville as a result of I at the moment I felt like I had every little thing I may ever want however in a a bizarre means it additionally felt like nothing as a result of I used to be now not sharing that journey with somebody anymore so plenty of the songs have this bitter candy feeling of acceptance but additionally capturing a sense the place you possibly can have all these good issues however for me not sharing that with somebody can really feel empty.
You’ve stated the EP chronicles your journey by way of heartbreak. What particular feelings are you exploring in ‘Simply Anybody’?
I believe I simply wished to have one thing that defined that the connection I used to be in wasn’t only a half time factor or that individual didn’t imply something to me as a result of I believe she’ll at all times imply one thing in my life and I wished to seize these feelings in addition to voicing some pure unhappiness that you just really feel throughout a breakup.
2025 has already been an enormous 12 months for you – from releasing a string of singles to your collaboration with Okay-pop star CHUNG HA on ‘Discover Love’. What’s been a private spotlight thus far?
I believe each launch has been a spotlight as a result of I wrote a lot of the songs final 12 months so it’s simply been very nice to see all of it come alive and be on a string of releases in a means that I’ve by no means achieved earlier than however I believe “There For You’ was an enormous spotlight as a result of it was the primary tune that kicked off these releases and likewise one in every of my favourites.
What was your favorite half about engaged on ‘Every part and Nothing’?
I’d say my favorite factor about engaged on Every part & Nothing has been how little strain there was to make this as a result of I gave myself plenty of time to get the songs prepared which I’ve by no means achieved earlier than. Usually I’d write the songs because the 12 months goes on however the means of getting each tune prepared months earlier than has been very nice.
Your cinematic sound has turn into a signature. If ‘Simply Anybody’ have been to soundtrack a movie, which one do you assume it might go well with greatest?
I can’t partially consider one movie however I believe it might undoubtedly go well with these kind of movies that inform story of two folks simply looking for a satisfying life however caught doubtful which ends up in second guessing their selections and questioning if the grass greener on the opposite facet, a little bit just like the story from “The Pocket book”
Trying forward, what are your hopes and objectives for the remainder of the 12 months? Are you at all times writing and recording, or do you like to go away area between initiatives?
I’d love for my music to achieve a much bigger viewers by the tip of the 12 months and hopefully begin doing reveals once more. I believe I’m at all times going to be writing music whether or not that’s for me or different artists so so long as I’m doing that then I really feel like I’m heading int the fitting route to fulfil my objectives.