Premiere: J-LiNE breaks away from the pain with ‘I Wanna Dance’
Pop noise-maker gives in to the synths and glitter, as he moves on from his pain.
Whitney Houston once intoxicated our bodies with a sweaty midnight-struck club banger. Confetti and moonlight falling across our jaw lines, the beat swelling to a glittering frenzy, our heartbreak washed away, and we let it all hang out on the dance floor. By sunrise, we’ve forgotten our troubles and felt more alive than ever. New York pop provocateur J-LiNE distills that same kind of soul-chasing, life-confirming euphoria with his new song “I Wanna Dance,” premiering today, and in the shroud of boozy neons at 2 am, the breakup he thought was the end of the world fades into the night’s starry haze. “I was in the dark, thinking I could see till I saw you / I was on a search, ship lost at see, till I found you,” he sings, the hook lingering on his tongue as he’s doused in glowing synths and laser beams.
“I just wanna stand strong in my own skin,” he vows in the first verse. That kind of freedom to accept his current state, while also allowing himself time to grieve his broken heart and rise to his feet once again, is exhilarating. “I Wanna Dance,” produced by Noisecastle iii (Dawn, Daya), taps into this necessary transitional period, of coming to terms with himself and feeling the flush of a new budding romance on his cheeks. “I wrote this song about wanting to fall in love during the best possible scenario ⎯⎯ when I’m feeling good about myself and comfortable in my own skin,” he tells B-Sides & Badlands. “Those are the times I tend to pick the best partners for myself. When I do find that someone, it feels like dancing: freeing, energetic and electric. I wanted the song to reflect that.”
Even within the walls of decorative synth-pop majesty, he takes his time to allow it the simmer. He explains, “It starts off very moody and pensive. I’m at the end of a breakup and feel I’ll never move on. But as the pre-chorus beat picks up, I realize I want to be alone for a minute, stand still and feel comfortable in my own skin before I find love again. By the time the beat kicks in during the chorus, I’ve given myself over to love again and it feels even better than before because of all the self-discovery I did before hand.”
“I Wanna Dance” is a juicy bite of his forthcoming new record, Episode 2, set to illustrate his ever-evolving being and headspace these days. “I feel more grounded, sure of myself and willing to expose my flaws to the world. I’m never going to be everything to everyone, and that’s alright with me,” he says.
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