It’s early evening in the Bluegrass state, and emerging singer/songwriter and pop-star Danica Dye is the 22-year-old pride of popular music. ‘Other People,’ is an intimate self-reveal of a young woman not confident or assured; uncertain and anxious. But most of all, a young woman who’s still growing through those exploits. She’s trying her best amidst a recent breakup with a dumped boyfriend in question whom she stated, “We should see other people.” “Afterwards,” she continued, “I was blocked on social media.”
In the great tradition of the songwriting process of writing, recording, mixing and uploading a hit single, Danica did all of that with ‘Other People’ in a matter of less than four hours. “I’m very proud of myself for doing it all on my own,” says an inspired Dye, “but I’m also literally terrified of what people will think of it. As an artist, I think doing it all personally shows my independence and strength.” A Taylor Swift-esque soul-crushing split about a sad, desperate, tear-jerking point-of-view experience with a significant other/others. It has an unfinished feel, yet a complete heartfelt work of lyrical prowess that heralds her legacy amongst the modern greats in terms of popularity.
Dye at the age between 11 or 12, way before she was opined as the new Taylor Swift, but in the best possible way, grew up wandering into her father’s musical mantuary — or rather, studio, while he was working on a heavy use of an aggressive hard rock song. The shared moment down memory lane when her father allowed her to lyrically pour out writings and record all the sadness, and all the joy through her mind was one of Danica’s favorites.
The illogic dependency on other people, to see the beauty in who you are, is unhealthy to Dye, who has a hard time loving the person in the mirror. ‘Other People’ is like reading aloud from a self-written diary, but shared through a pleasant-sounding, painful ballad. “Is it goodnight? Or is it goodbye? Baby if you love me/Don’t tell me that you tried/I’m falling apart when I thought I could fly/So much for my songs/So much for my mind.” It’s one of those I can’t take my own advice songs,
Danica Dye is an everyday person, ready to take the stage of the music industry and show the entire world that nothing can stop them. “If anything,” she says briefly to sum up, “I want to bring disabilities into mainstream media and prove that we’re not unable to do anything. There’s a huge difference between the words “unable” and “disabled,” and I want to differentiate them once and for all. It’ll be a tough challenge down this road, but music is a universal language — if there’s one language I am fluent in, it’s music. That’s me.”
Emerging pop singer, yet this sorrowing pop banger immediately puts the songwriter’s writing ability up there with a list of the renowned greats who have made and left an infinite mark in music. It’s clear as day that Danica Dye is absolutely here to stay. And even better as it sounds like her very best is still yet to come, musically. “The words just kept tumbling around in my head, along with some advice from friends. I’m trying my hardest to love the person in the mirror.”