Jay Wood has thoroughly charmed me with her new single “Oh Well.” With its sweet ukelele melody and romantic lyrics, it quickly won me over. But this folk-pop song isn’t quite as light as it first seems. It’s a bittersweet number of love but also of loss penned at a time before same-sex marriage was legal in Australia.
“[The song] began as a cute upbeat song professing heartfelt intentions toward her but morphed into more of an optimistic song with a lament of the love gone by, hence the weaving of the phrase “oh well” throughout,” Jay explained.
Ultimately “Oh Well” is a song of resilience, something Jay knows about all too well following a devastating car accident seven years ago. She was revived at the scene but told she would never regain her full function. Against all odds, she taught herself how to walk and play music again. With that sort of determination, you know she’s got a bright future ahead of her.
Jay Wood will treat us to more new music soon when her EP, Respire, drops on September 1.
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