“Never Be A Boy” is the latest single by Tess Clare, an introspective work that fuses yearning flowy vocals with the insistent pull of a percussive beat. From the second Tess’s voice opens up the track, you are immediately taken on an emotional journey building up toward a powerful crescendo, wrapped in dreamy harmonies whose effects linger long after the song ends.
“Never Be A Boy” is a very personal narrative for Tess Clare. It took her until her early 20s to deliberately question her sexuality and queerness—a time marked by quite a bit of deep reflection on her teenage years. It’s a song dedicated to those nuanced thoughts and feelings she had toward her best friend growing up.
The lyrics of “Never Be A Boy” exemplify very essence typical, innocent childhood days: sleepovers and parties awash with the deeper, unspoken desires of Tess’s younger self. It is a touching reflection on the innocence yet complexity of a girl who dreamt of so much otherness really, where she and her best friend could actually just have been together. This song is an ode to Tess’s youngest self that took so long to question her feelings and identity.
Tess Clare is a solo artist from Los Angeles, California, whose music largely embraces experiences in life. She writes songs that make the listener feel along with her—the relationships, relationships with oneself, and the highs and lows of growing up. Tess shares the unique capacity of translating raw emotion into powerful musical expressions, so her sound is both relatable and impactful.
With two EPs already under her belt, Tess continues to captivate her audience by releasing new singles every few months. For as heady a sound as “Never Be A Boy” is, it was also a particularly catchy one, with an air of certain sincerity. It is a basic track that resonates deep—opening the curtain woven of the whispers into Tess Clare’s soul and the universal quest for understanding and acceptance.
In effect, now it is time to listen to a song with as much introspection as catchiness: “Never Be A Boy”. In the end, Tess Clare offers a presentation to the public that would tug one at their heartstrings and find one reflecting on one’s personal journey with self-discovery.
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Karen Harding is a Melbourne, Australia based singer/songwriter, founder of Sounds On The Couch, and founder and operator of boutique music PR service for emerging and independent artists, Rise Indie.