Jessie Berkshires' new single, "Medicated Melody," is a dreamy trip into the mind of someone wading through the thicket of anxiety and antidepressants, which can be isolating and frequently is. But instead of simply singing about it, she transforms the literal clatter of her prescription pills into the song's heartbeat.
This track's raw emotional honesty wrapped in lavish, cavernous production elevates it above the others. Her voice hovers above the instrumentation like she's sharing a secret in the dark, tender, haunted, and wonderfully human. She has no romantic illusions about the struggle. Instead, she shapes it into an introspective, almost therapeutic landscape, allowing us to sit with the discomfort even as we find beauty in the cracks.
"Medicated Melody" thump is medicated, throbbing with the heft of experience. The downtempo spread arrives like a slow breath into the dark electro-pop of your soul, a space where glitchy textures, whispered truths, and dreamy synths all intersect. It's a soundstage where Sylvan Esso's daring prowess and Billie Eilish's tender edge intersect, but Jessie's voice is all her own.
The driving force of Jessie Berkshires's music is her dedication to healing. Renowned for her piano-driven electronic soundscapes and lyrics that delve into love, loss, and personal growth, she's leaning into pain, not to celebrate it but to alchemize it. "Medicated Melody" seems like a fitting chapter along that journey. It is confessional without seeming indulgent, experimental without losing heart, and honest without giving up musicality. This song is for anyone who's ever struggled to find peace in the clamorous quiet within their head. In "Medicated Melody," Jessie is offering you a mirror. One that mirrors the complicated beauty of staying alive and sings it back to them, beat by beat.
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