If you’ve found yourself totally obsessed with margø and her girl power anthems, you’re not alone! Today marks the release of the singer’s debut EP, Solo, and let’s just be blunt here: ya’ll ain’t ready for this one!
Featuring the singer’s four already-released singles along with two new tracks, Solo shines a light on discovering one’s self-worth and independence while refusing to conform with a killer indie-alternative vibe you won’t be able to get enough of.
We asked margø to dive into each track off of Solo in this exclusive track-by-track commentary! Enjoy and don’t forget to grab the EP now here!
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I’ve spent a long time dreaming about the day I get to share my debut EP, Solo, with the world. This EP sort of tells a story – each song was written about different experiences and emotions I’ve felt while learning to find happiness. I wrote this EP about going through changes, learning to embrace my worth, and learning to love myself. I hope that listeners connect to each song in a meaningful way, and I hope that the messages and themes of these songs help others to feel understood and empowered. Solo is about a chapter of my life that made me stronger, and I’m so excited to finally share it.
“Solo”
This song is built around the theme of finding strength in your independence, and it’s honestly a very personal song for me. Before I wrote this song, I had been doing a lot of reflecting about a period of my life when I really didn’t feel like myself. I spent a lot of time trying to make someone else happy, and in the end, I reached a point where I didn’t know who I was anymore. I felt like I really had lost myself somewhere along the way, and I was so incredibly unhappy. I knew I had to make some changes. It took a long time to find my way back to the person I am now, and it’s been very empowering learning to thrive in my independence – and I feel like this song musically and lyrically embodies that experience. This song sort of ties together every song on the EP, and I felt like sharing it was a fitting way to close that chapter of my life.
“Someday”
I honestly barely remember writing “Someday” because it came together so quickly. It originally started out as a sad song centered around the line “someday when we’re older” – the chorus melody was the first part I wrote and wow, it made me FEEL. The song just had such a natural flow to it that I pieced it together very quickly, and I was so hesitant to write lyrics because I wanted my words to do the melody justice. It didn’t take long for me to know exactly what I wanted to say though. It became a song about not letting someone take you for granted, recognizing the type of love you deserve, and knowing someday the other person will feel a lot of regret for letting you go. When I sent the original demo to my producer Robbie Townsend I played the song on the ukulele (which I never do for songwriting), and he insisted that we also use a ukulele in the production. I’m so, so glad we did. I love that “Someday” started out as a sad song, but transformed into the upbeat bop it deserves to be.
“In Between”
I will always hold “In Between” near and dear to my heart – this song has given me so many firsts. It was the first song I wrote intended to be just for me, way before I started this project as margø. I wrote “In Between” alone in my basement on just a guitar and immediately fell in love with the song. It was almost like therapy – I had been holding in so many emotions for so long and this song was the first time I was able to really articulate them out loud. The first time I played it was during open mic in a tiny, almost empty pub – I had just come from playing softball with my friends and they convinced me to go up and play a couple songs. I knew as soon as I played this one live that it deserved to be properly recorded and released. It was the first demo I worked on with Robbie – and really the first time I had something to show for as a solo artist. I think I sat alone in my car after the demo was finished and listened to it on repeat for half an hour (and cried quite a bit) – the song was everything and more than I dreamed it would be. It really gave me the confidence to keep writing and recording music, and I’m so glad that I chose this song to begin my journey as an artist.
“Follow Me”
This song has a few different layers to it! I really don’t ever set out to write love songs, but when I wrote this one in 2018, it was originally about the hope that someday someone will love me through all of the ups and downs of life. I spent a lot of time chasing love, and I really wanted to write a song about a healthy kind of love that I hope to experience one day. Now that I’m releasing it nearly 2 years after writing it, however, it’s sort of adopted a second meaning for me. It’s become more of a love song for my friends and family – I have so much gratitude for the love and support they’ve given me through all of my highs and lows. I’m surrounded by the most wonderful people; I couldn’t be luckier to have all of them in my life.
“LOVELOST”
“LOVELOST” is another song that turned out bigger and better than I ever thought it would! It was one of the first songs I wrote for this project, and another one that nearly wrote itself. Similar to “Solo,” I wanted fierce music and lyrics centering around the theme of taking my power back. For a long time, I let someone else affect how I felt about myself – I never felt like I was worthy or enough. There was such a long period of time that I felt like my happiness completely banked on how someone else felt about me – until I sort of hit a breaking point and decided that I would never let another person hold that power again. I spent so much time being unhappy, and this song was my way of saying, “I’ll never let myself fall back into that way of living.”
“Game Over”
I remember exactly where I was when I originally had an idea for this song. I was sitting in the kitchen of my house talking with my mom, and the melody just popped into my head. I had to ask her to wait a minute while I ran downstairs to write down and record this simple melody line, which later became the pre-chorus of “Game Over.” The lyrics for this song stemmed from no longer being afraid to stand up to the things in my life that had previously held me back. I decided to learn to live with less fear, and this song truly helped articulate how I would no longer let anyone, or anything, intimidate me. I’ve always hoped that this song would inspire listeners to do the same.
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