On her newest release, "i think i think too much," alt-pop-rock femme force Nadia Vaeh has flung open the gates to the hyperactive mind, spinning anxiety into a pop-electric, melodic outburst of self-awareness. The single comes as an exhale, raw, heartfelt, unapologetically present, loud, and honest. This is your anthem for anyone who has ever been kept up at night, their mind racing, questioning everything.
Penned mid-spiral, the song doesn't attempt to clear away the residue of overthinking but revels in it. Nadia doesn't present polished affirmatives or closure. Instead, she allows us to be inside the storm of a mind that refuses to hush. Built on sharp guitars, pounding drums, and a pop-punk sneer that flirts with rebellion, "i think i think too much" is a pop song, the sort of catharsis that only happens when you shout your truths into the void.
It's the first taste of her forthcoming EP, "Nerve Endings," which is set to dive further into the emotional complexity of healing, trauma recovery, and all unfiltered healing experiences. If this lead single is any indication, the new EP promises a body of work that pulses with pain, dances through it, and dares to make it art. Vaeh's vocal turn on the song is a study of nuance, frustration, openness, and a bit of humor at her own mental loops. The layout is tight yet not sterile, chaotic but controllable, which is also true for her singing of mental spirals. It's also a relief to hear someone else name the chaos in your head, and Nadia does that with heart and hooks in equal measure.
With "i think i think too much," Nadia Vaeh illustrates that pop-punk still has an urgent emotional fit in today's alt-pop world not just as a reflective relic of an era bloodied with eyeliner and theatrical misogyny but as a weapon for truth-telling. And if this is just the beginning of what "Nerve Endings" has to offer, it's just a tiny taste of the emotional roller coaster.
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