There is such a paradox: the clearer you see yourself, the more terrifying it becomes inside. UK artist DAYSH seems to know this from within. Is this familiar to you? Don’t we all, at some point, hold a smile in one hand and a whole hurricane of thoughts in the other is a hurricane that remains invisible to everyone around us? We call it “pulling ourselves together.” Philosophers call it existential tension. DAYSH calls it ‘INSANE.’

Raw. Haunting. Real.

-PurpleMistress

Her new track ‘INSANE’ is a noisy, dark R&B with commercial vocals. Listening to ‘INSANE’ feels as if you are simultaneously breaking down and building up, and it is unclear which process is going faster. DAYSH’s music lives exactly in this interval, between who you were and who you are only just becoming. Haunting melodies are a conscious choice of sound. Ghosts always appear where doors are left open. And it’s a good thing she keeps them open. After all, ‘INSANE’ simply means being brave enough to feel for real. And that, whichever way you look at it, is a rarity.