Taste Test: Charlotte OC is ‘Better Off on My Own’
The English pop powerhouse breaks the shackles of a relationship with her new anthem.
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You fall out of love just as easily as falling head-over-heels. But sometimes, it’s hard to get to that place where love is just not enough to quench freedom one often so desperately craves. English pop singer-songwriter Charlotte OC lights the earth on fire beneath her feet with her new single. “Better Off on My Own” soaks the parched crust with a tank of gasoline before she tosses a lit match stick directly upon its point of origin. Flames consume everything in its path and leaves Charlotte to reclaim what is rightfully hers. “Maybe, it’s better / Maybe, I’m better off this way / With you, I’m heading, heading for another mistake,” she cries explosive teardrops, which flood down her cheeks and renew the blackened earth. “Somebody told me I need freedom,” she later recalls an encounter with a stranger whose sage wisdom pierced her heart. Her voice tears the melody to shreds, in the best way possible, a gravelly soprano only seeking to be uncaged as an eagle high in flight.
“Better Off on My Own” anchors a new EP, expected this fall.
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