Blossom runs through her brand new EP, track by track.
Sometimes, you just need to sit and listen. It’s the best way to describe Blossom Caldarone’s latest EP ‘Maybe In Love (Maybe Not)’ – a rich and textured collection that showcases Blossom’s knack for making songs that play out more like chapters in a novel than a quick fire sugar-rush of pop candy. Managing to effortlessly turn everyday conversation into song, the collection EP feels like a voice-note exchange with your best mate – transformed with lush instrumentation that calls to mind Lily Allen-honesty if backed by Father John Misty down a London boozer. It’s Blossom’s most perfectly formed collection to date, and a clear statement that in order to find your next favourite songwriter, all you have to do is listen.
To get the best possible take on the EP, we asked Blossom to talk us through it, track by track, for our latest Artist’s Guide. Enjoy, and listen, below.
The Princess Song
I feel this song is the mission statement for the EP. With the extravagance of the arrangement and the slightly unnecessary drama in some of the lyrics, it feels like a strong introduction to how I sometimes find myself running life. It’s flowery and light-hearted but still puts intense feeling at the forefront. It’s definitely a story one! And the most ‘me’ song I’ve ever written – it’s nice to have that out in the world.
Fridge Space
I wrote ‘Fridge Space’ the day after a COVID date, where we ended up playing Scrabble for three hours. It was a plan far more exciting than anything we had to say to each other. He was a bit in love with himself and wore these really unnerving slippers; I just remember feeling sorry for his ex, who he must have bored to death. I’m not sure how it links to the song as such, but I felt dulled by men that day and went off on a tangent when writing ‘Fridge Space’. It’s definitely the one to listen to if someone has wasted your time, but you don’t care all that much.
Blue
This was written during the depths of lockdown 2020 at my childhood home. I’d just ended something long-term and had a bit of a full-circle moment when reflecting on the relationship. Being with someone who is struggling requires you to grow up quite quickly, and I don’t think I’d quite realised how much I’d changed. Blue talks about depression and its subsequent complications inevitably affecting you both. It’s also about accepting fault when you’ve played up and just generally fixing up when you realise people’s feelings are at risk. These things all co-exist!
I Still Love Him
I actually wrote this when I was 16. It was originally slow and sad, and written about a fictional situation. I used to write like that all the time. Now, it actually mirrors an experience I’ve had; I feel as if I wrote it for myself. It’s weirdly specific, and it’s almost like I knew the person I was going to experience this confusing love with. I also predicted Michael Jackson’s death, so this would make sense.
Young Love
Young Love is kind of chaotic in its storyline. I went to Lanzarote one December with my parents, and we met up with a lady who used to know my dad. My parents, the woman and her husband all went on a night out, and it got me thinking. It was interesting observing the dynamics between these people who ostensibly had it all sussed out but were really just the same young people underneath the settled lives they lead. The song celebrates how relationships can stay exciting and loving forever, much like my parents, but talks frankly and fondly about the people we know from our ‘before’. Lots of people can mean many different things to you. ■
