Some heartbreaks don’t include a breakup. sombr’s “we by no means dated” is for those who by no means received the label, however nonetheless received the ache.
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Tright here’s a line within the refrain to sombr’s newest single that seems like a late-night textual content you’ll by no means ship: “How come we by no means even dated, however I nonetheless discover myself considering of you each day?”
It’s not dramatic; it’s simply trustworthy – and it hits tougher as a result of it’s not making an attempt to be something however that.
Sombr isn’t chasing closure; he’s sitting within the confusion. “we by no means dated,” launched June 20th by way of Warner Data, is a lo-fi indie spiral that sounds prefer it was recorded in the midst of a thought you couldn’t shake. The guitar loops really feel like pacing. The vocals barely rise above a whisper. And the chorus “I can’t make you’re keen on me” doesn’t beg it simply exists, like a fact you’ve lastly stopped preventing.
You have been intelligent, knew when to ship your traces
And make it appear to be you weren’t that brilliant
You have been higher in each manner by design
You have been too good for a person’s confine
How come we by no means even dated
However I nonetheless discover myself considering of you each day?
Why do you all the time go away me achin’
If you have been by no means mine for the takin’?
I can’t make you lovе me
No, I can’t make you’re keen on mе
Babe, I can’t make you’re keen on me
No, I can’t make you’re keen on me
I can’t make you’re keen on me
No, I can’t make you’re keen on me
Babe, I can’t make you’re keen on me
No, I can’t make you’re keen on me
This monitor marks a pivotal second in sombr’s catalog. Following the success of latest singles “Again to Associates” and “Undressed,” which explored the blurry traces between platonic and romantic connection, “We By no means Dated” strips away the bravado and dives straight into the ache. It’s not a breakup anthem it’s a lament for what by no means formally was. And that emotional ambiguity has grow to be sombr’s signature.
The 19-year-old singer, songwriter, and producer, recognized offstage as Shane Boose, has constructed a status for turning emotional limbo into lyrical readability. His earlier singles leaned into intelligent wordplay and layered manufacturing, however right here, he opts for restraint. Produced primarily by Sombr himself with extra touches from Tony Berg (Phoebe Bridgers, Andrew Chicken), the monitor leans into uncooked guitar textures and minimal percussion. It’s a sonic selection that lets the lyrics breathe – and bruise.
There’s no villain right here. Simply somebody who was “good to romanticize / however you don’t make your self straightforward to love.” It’s the type of line you write after realizing you fell for the thought of somebody greater than the truth. And that realization? It doesn’t include fireworks. It comes with silence.
You’re a fairly one, good to romanticize
However you don’t make your self straightforward to love
You prefer to have your enjoyable, you dance across the line
Of what’s unsuitable and what’s proper
What makes the music linger is how little it tries to impress. There’s no large drop, no dramatic bridge. Simply repetition. Simply resignation. Simply the quiet type of heartbreak that sneaks up on you if you’re scrolling by means of previous messages and questioning if any of it meant what you thought it did.
How come we by no means even dated
However I nonetheless discover myself considering of you each day?
Why do you all the time go away me achin’
If you have been by no means mine for the takin’?
I can’t make you’re keen on me
No, I can’t make you’re keen on me
Babe, I can’t make you’re keen on me
No, I can’t make you’re keen on me
I can’t make you’re keen on me
No, I can’t make you’re keen on me
Babe, I can’t make you’re keen on me
No, I can’t make you’re keen on me
“we by no means dated” doesn’t ask for pity. It doesn’t even ask for consideration.
It simply exists for the individuals who’ve mourned a possibly. For those who have been nearly one thing. For those who nonetheless take into consideration somebody who by no means formally belonged to them.
And that type of grief? It’s actual. It’s messy. And sombr captures it with a type of quiet brilliance that doesn’t have to shout to be heard.
I want nothing however one of the best for you
However I hope who’s subsequent sees the remainder of you
How come we by no means even dated
However I nonetheless discover myself considering of you each day?
(Nonetheless discover myself considering of you)
Why do you all the time go away me achin’
If you have been by no means mine for the takin’?
(If you have been by no means mine for the takin’?)
How come we by no means even dated
However I nonetheless discover myself considering of you each day?
(Nonetheless discover myself considering of you)
Why do you all the time go away me achin’
If you have been by no means mine for the takin’?
I can’t make you’re keen on me
No, I can’t make you’re keen on me
Babe, I can’t make you’re keen on me
No, I can’t make you’re keen on me
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