Nearian's single "Running From The Past" is a striking and emotional release, an open wound made into visceral, thrilling art. The song, built on regret and reflection and the uncomfortable truths we run to escape, sounds like a late-night confession riding out its last pulse as emotional hip-hop.
Nearian draws listeners into a place where self-sabotage and healing meet. His delivery slices with the sort of honesty that's tough to feign, an intimate account of what happens when you learn that the most significant battles are fought inside your head. As he grapples with how we push people away to protect ourselves, the song becomes more than just a narrative, it becomes a mirror.
With inspiration from the storytelling grit of NF, the introspective urgency of Witt Lowry, and the emotional edge of Eminem, Nearian fills these shoes while staying true to his own identity. His writing is sharp but gentle, steady but cracked around the edges, it has the sense of trying to stand tall while everything in you wants to fold.
In "Running From The Past", Nearian isn't just telling his story, he's reaching out to anyone clawing through their own dark times, to those of us who have ever felt like we're waging more of a battle with ourselves than with the world around us. The song becomes a kind of lifeline, an admission that the path back to the light is messy but not hopeless.