Viral sensation/singer-songwriter Leanna Firestone’s “Reincarnation” is a journey of emotional discovery and the focus track of her EP released Jan. 20, Public Displays of Affection.
As a huge “Strawberry Mentos” fan and someone who has cried to “Least Favorite Only Child” on repeat, Leanna Firestone is an artist that I am sure will soon blow up even more than she already has. I have always been struck by her vulnerable lyricism and pleasing musical style, reminding myself and others of artists like Lizzy McAlpine, Maisie Peters, and Gracie Abrams.
“Reincarnation” is filled with her beautiful voice and harmonies, as well as impressive details within its dreamy production. You can hear her raw emotions while singing about losing the love of her life and moving on – “And I found out that I’ll find it again,” she sings.
The song came about while “playing mock therapy” in the studio, she says. “I described the anxiety I had been feeling – not even sadness, just daily panic attacks over a person that I had never experienced before. I knew that when I was nervous and not sad, it was an indication that I never should have been in that relationship in the first place. I took a chorus that I had written before (what eventually became this song) based on real advice my mom had given me about heartbreak – about not falling out of love until you fall back in love.”
Firestone is supporting New Found Glory on their mass U.S. tour, including at D.C.’s Sixth and I on March 15. Join her 700k+ TikTok followers for sneak peeks of new music, and find more information here.
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Emma Page, a recent Journalism graduate of The George Washington University, possesses a passion for music journalism and storytelling in all its forms. Originally from Baltimore, MD, when she is not writing, she can be found at a local concert or making music of her own.
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