Sydnee Carter – Sounds of Oz

If you’ve ever felt addicted to someone else, especially if it wasn’t good for you, Sydnee Carter’s new track “Drug Was You” is sure to strike a chord. This vulnerable pop single explores the addictive nature of the most powerful narcotic on the planet: love.

“I wanted to write a song about longing for a lifetime past, after the love that is supposedly gone,” she explained. “Instead of drawing to a close, the hurt keeps brewing into a driving infatuation, culminating into an emotional cataclysm and realisation. My drug was always you. But of course, listeners can interpret how they like.”

Since winning the prestigious Western Australian Music Song of the Year at the age of 17, Sydnee has rubbed shoulders with the right people, including Duke & Jones, Paces, 360, Slumberjack, and her “Drug Was You” collaborators Wasteland and Justin Martins. Now at 23, Sydnee’s showing she’s got some serious talent. See her launch the single at The Aardvark in Fremantle on February 6.

Most people who appear on reality TV singing competitions are quickly forgotten. Others make such a lasting impression that when you see their name many years later it’s still as fresh in your mind as the time they graced the small screen. Sydnee Carter was one of those artists for me. She was just 16 when she appeared on X Factor in 2014. She’s done an awful lot of growing up since then, and it shows in her new single “Plans.”

“I wanted Plans to be the stepping-stone between the songs on my earlier EP and the songwriter that I am today,” she explained. “I’ve had more life experience as a 21-year-old, than before as a 16-year-old and I wanted to convey this in a way that was true to myself and my experiences. The song, in a way, expresses the vulnerability of trust in a relationship, and how easy it easy to forget the gravity of certain situations.”

Listening to this song makes me remember just how much I loved Sydnee’s voice and heart. I can’t wait to hear more of her new music soon!

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