Miya Folick shares new single “Alaska,” her second single of the year following the release of “La Da Da” last month. Inspired by the line “desire is a buffalo standing on my chest” from the poem “Dear Sal” by Jeremy Radin, Miya uses her signature confessional lyrics style to transform desire into a huge, cold, and heavy block of ice weighing on someone.
Watch the music video for the single, here:
“The song is me exploring the weight of my fear of losing my relationship, but also finding comfort in the fact that if I did, things would be OK,” Folick explains. “The line ‘I could lose you’ is a double entendre. When we translated it into Japanese for the cover art, we used the verb for ‘I am able to” and the verb for ‘It is possible (to lose you).’ This song is both a coming to terms with how much my relationship matters to me and how much I value my relationship to myself. I would be so sad if I lost this person in my life, but it would be equally as sad if I lost myself.”
Raised in Santa Ana, CA, and now living in Los Angeles, Folick first attracted praise with two EPs: Strange Darling (2015) and Give It To Me (2017). Folick’s debut album, Premonitions (2018) drew critical praise. Over the past year, Folick has toured with the likes of Mitski, Faye Webster, and The Japanese House, and scored her first film, Cora Bora, starring Megan Stalter. This is just the beginning for Folick; stay tuned for more to come.
Folick’s new single is an evocative track offering reflective themes of personal transformation and introspection beautifully tied together with lyrics that express a desire for change, freedom and peace, suggesting that the singer is in search of answers or an immediate fresh start.
In the song, Folick elaborately describes a journey to Alaska, confronting her desires for emotional renewal and clarity, using this trek as a symbolic escape from her current reality. Folick’s vocals, often praised for raw and powerful delivery, create such intimacy within the single that listeners can feel the weight of her emotional journey.
Folick is on the rise with this beautifully crafted piece and fans cannot wait for an album to be released.
Stream the new single to enter the serenity and vastness of Alaska, here.
