Carly Lind – No One

By starrymag | October 6, 2020

By: Robert Warren

 

 

Q) When you first wrote your new single “No One,” you were driving home, thinking if your car broke down you would have no one to call for help, a situation many can relate to. Why do you think that is such a scary feeling for any person?

A) Honestly, it wasn’t even about being stuck on the road alone. It was more just realizing HOW alone I felt. My depression and anxiety had taken over. To lose your parents is to realize how much unconditional love they have for you, and it’s hard to find that in people, especially in LA where people move here to fend for themselves. Yeah, you have your friends, but nothing is like parents or family. It was just a sad, low, moment for me.

 

Q) Opening up about this track, please tell us why this is such a vulnerable song that you produced here? 

A) This song is SO honest. It’s letting you into my depression, which I think we all still have shame admitting that we have sometimes. Feeling alone, feeling isolated, being vulnerable used to make me feel weak, but I’ve found strength in moving through emotions and I just wanted to share.

 

Q) What is it about being vulnerable through a creative outlet, like music, that you think is so special?

A) It’s honestly the only time I ever let people in all the way outside of my significant other. I’m awful at expressing myself through talking/public speaking, but music is my safehouse.

Q) When you were creating “No One,” what was your creative process in creating the lyrics?

A) I wrote it with my goooood friend, Brittney Spencer. We were in my apartment on the floor just talking and it just came out. I had the line “no one is losing sleep over me” from when I was driving. It was referring to me thinking about how when my dad was alive, he was the one I’d hit up any hour of the day. It didn’t matter if it was 4 am, he’d always be awake and he’d always pick up. When he died, I lost that and that’s where that chorus line came from.

Q) What was it like when you sang this song for the first time?

A) Honestly, a mix- sad, real, freeing in a sense. It was like admitting something out loud for the first time of how I actually felt.

 

Q) What do you hope people take away from this song?

A) I hope people are just brought to a place where they can access feelings. Maybe they’ve been feeling alone as well, but felt guilty for it. I just want it to be relatable and freeing.

 

Q) What might have been the best part of creating this masterpiece?

A) Aw, masterpiece!! You guys are so sweet. I loved that we kept it simple. I’ve never released anything original that is so stripped down. I started on YouTube doing covers of big pop songs and stripping them, so I think a lot of my fans wanted that. But I wasn’t sure how to deliver it. Now that I released something like this, it’s encouraging.

 

Q) How has it been experiencing the reviews for this song? 

A) I wasn’t sure how people would take something so sad, honest, and stripped, but people seem to almost like it even more than stuff I’ve put out before which is SO awesome, but I usually write stuff on the guitar like this all the time, I just never know how to translate it onto pop tracks. But with the positive feedback, this means I can explore what I really have wanted to put out all along.

Q) Who would you most like to collaborate with on a song in the future?

A) If we’re talking celebs, The Weeknd or Post Malone. If we’re talking about just my next song, I always love writing with Brittney Spencer. She just lives in Nashville, but I miss her coming out here.

 

Q) Anything else you can tell us about this new single?

A) It’s one of five stages of grief I’ve written about and this one was specifically written out of “The Depression Phase.”

 

Q) What would you like to say to everyone who are fans and supporters of you and your music?

A) I am SO grateful to everyone that listens and reaches out because there have been so many times I’ve wanted to quit in fear that what I was writing about would be too much for people. I’m thankful you all relate and help me feel not so alone in this world. <3 I can’t wait to keep releasing stuff and hearing more and more feedback about what ya’ll want more of!