“don’t let me go.” the Perth-based artist Jewel Owusu plunges into the obsessive mental loops of post-breakup paralysis, delivering a bone-chilling, genre-busting confessional that’s adventurous and emotional.
Owusu brings us into the corners of her mind, where denial and desperation co-exist. Her vocals flutter breathily softly through the verses, hinting at quiet reflection before snapping into punk-laced urgency in the chorus’s agonized entreaty. It’s the sort of line that seems thrown off at the moment but sticks long after the calling card of a songwriter who knows precisely how much to say and when.
“don’t let me go” is a wild, loggerheaded ride across the wreckage of a breakup. Glitchy hyperpop elements buzz and glitch like static in the brain, while grunge-soaked guitars ground the track’s emotional stakes in a gritty weight.
What digs the deepest is Owusu’s precision on the mic. The bridge lands like a punch. It’s a single line that evokes the ghost-in-the-machine feeling of modern love, how heartbreak now resides not only in memory but in notifications, photo galleries, and the cruel hospitality of digital affection. Jewel Owusu captures that emotional whiplash with brutal honesty and gnashing jag, reminding once again that she isn’t afraid to get messy with her feelings or music.
“don’t let me go.” isn’t pleading for your sympathy. It's demanding your surrender. And honestly, you will not want to leave this one.