A enjoyable, flirty, feel-good seduction, Emily Vaughn’s irresistibly catchy indie pop anthem “Name It What It Isn’t” celebrates the joys of falling in love, being a bit wild, and surrendering to temptation.
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Let’s face it: Every little thing’s higher when ardour is concerned.
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Emily Vaughn is kicking off her 12 months with a sugar rush of ardour and play.
Following her 2023 sophomore album songs i couldn’t write and a collection of scattered singles (together with tracks from her duo we’re comfortable with Joseph Tilley), the Florida-born, Nashville-based artist returns with “Name It What It Isn’t,” an irresistible, intoxicating, and dreamy three-minute indie pop anthem. Enjoyable, feel-good, and endlessly catchy, Vaughn’s new single is a shimmering soundtrack to romantic and reckless abandon – an intimate, impulsive embrace of want and the joys of dwelling within the second.
It’s been minute
since I been addicted ah
I get caught up in it
And I simply wanna
really feel one thing extra
I wanna reside it
get a bit specific
I wanna threat it
So I’m simply exhibiting
up at your door
Atwood Journal is proud to be premiering “Name It What It Isn’t,” an effervescent burst of feel-good indie pop bliss. Buoyant and bouncy, the observe glow with playful vitality, catchy hooks, and flirty attraction, inviting listeners to throw warning to the wind and dive headfirst right into a second of candy give up.
Vaughn wastes no time pulling listeners into her world, singing over pulsing drums and glistening pads as she units the scene. “It’s been a minute since I been addicted, ah, I get caught up in it and I simply wanna really feel one thing extra,” she confesses. Her voice is sizzling on the mic, mild but charged with longing, capturing that magnetic pull towards ardour and the uncooked temptation of throwing your self into one thing – or somebody – with out overthinking. The manufacturing glistens round her, balancing ethereal textures with a gradual beat that retains the observe driving ahead.
Rigidity builds within the pre-chorus as Vaughn leans into the fervor of her personal fantasy, her voice laced with coquettish urgency:
And I’ve an concept
We might act like we’re obsessed
Even when it’s not actual
It’s a second of suspended actuality, the place the stakes are low however the emotions hit excessive. Then comes the refrain – daring, vivid, and immediately addictive – as Vaughn leans all the best way in:
Let’s simply name it what it isn’t
Name it what it’s not
Let’s simply name it love
I’ll simply let you know you’re the one solely
one which I’ve been lacking
Trigger it’d be far more enjoyable
to name it what it isn’t
The frenzy is plain: Vaughn faucets into that seductive, giddy vitality of pretending one thing issues greater than it does, only for the joys of it. Each line sparkles with flirty rigidity and launch, as hovering synths and bouncing beats wrap round her voice like a glittering daydream. It’s enjoyable, it’s fleeting, and it’s not possible to withstand.
“‘Name It What It Isn’t’ is about getting swept away by somebody, whatever the relationship standing,” Vaughn tells Atwood Journal. “It’s about eager to let go a bit – for the sake of ardour and, actually, enjoyable. Let’s face it: Every little thing’s higher when ardour is concerned. I simply need life to really feel just like the honeymoon part – that rush, that impulsively attractive form of vitality. This new chapter leans into falling in love, being a bit loopy, and never taking life too severely.”

Emily Vaughn has all the time recognized easy methods to steadiness vulnerability with confidence, and “Name It What It Isn’t” is one more testomony to her creative attraction.
It’s a track that celebrates the highs of human connection – that electrical tingle of risk, the joys of what may very well be, even when just for an evening. As she steps into this new chapter, Vaughn invitations us all to loosen up, lean into the second, and keep in mind how enjoyable it may be to get a bit misplaced within the feeling.
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