Ethereal Electricity
Prepare to delve into the enigmatic world of the artist Saoirse Miller, a captivating musical sensation previously described by us here at Void Magazine as an “Ethereal Enigma.” In an exclusive Main Stage interview, Saoirse takes us on a mesmerizing journey through the creation of her electrifying track, “Electricity.” The story of this song’s birth is a tale of serendipity, born in the depths of a late-night music session in cold back garden.
Saoirse recalls how those hauntingly beautiful chords and melodies came to life, the unscripted lyrics and melodies that flowed effortlessly, capturing the intensity of the emotions swirling within. “Electricity” embodies the essence of chemistry, tension, and the all-consuming nature of connection, encapsulated in spiritual imagery and vivid metaphors. This track transcends the ordinary, much like Saoirse herself, and we explore the year-long process of bringing it to life, with collaborative efforts and intricate restructuring. Saoirse’s artistic journey echoes the fleeting, ethereal nature of the connection that inspired “Electricity,” taking us on a soul-stirring odyssey of creativity and emotion. Join us as we unravel the mystery behind this musical masterpiece and experience the electric energy of Saoirse Miller’s artistry.
The words of Saoirse Miller for Voidmagazines All Rights Reserved © Void Magazines
Electricity was born really late at night in Sean’s back garden. We were working music until like 2 or 3 in the morning, we wanted to start something fresh and we were just kind of waiting on something to stick. I just started messing around on Sean’s midi while I was sitting on the ground, I was improving chords and melodies for a while. I started playing these two chords over and over and Sean hit record without telling me. That’s the intro for Electricity, my first messy take of those 2 chords over and over. I started improving the verse then, and sang what was on the top of my head into the mic without thinking about it too much, it just kinda came out, I had someone on my mind and that’s what I sang about. The lyrics and melody of the first verse were improvised on the spot and I just stuck with it. The song kind of started by accident and we went from there. I said to Sean, what if we got Lowkick onto this, can we make a beat with them in mind? And that’s exactly what he did.
After we recorded the first verse Sean got to work on the beat and as I was listening I started writing out the lyrics to the chorus. I wanted to try something a bit different vocally from my usual style. I was listening to a lot of Rosalia at the time and thought it would be fun to do something more upbeat and choppy. I wrote and recorded that chorus that night too, we were really excited about it straight away.
The lyrics came out by themselves for this song. I liked someone at the time and I had all the nerves and excitement and it was all that was on my mind, so naturally that’s the feeling that I wrote about. The song is about chemistry and tension, and how all-consuming it can feel at times. I wanted spiritual imagery in the lyrics because that’s how connections can feel sometimes, you know, really ethereal and sacred but also scary and out of your control. “Electricity murders me like a holy ghost”, the electricity is the spark and the energy, and it’s completely taking over in a way that feels out of your control, it feels like there’s another force behind it. “I’m on fire, you’re the air, we’re a cloud of smoke” It’s like, I’m this burning ball of energy and this person is the air, they’re all around me, they’re all I breathe, I can’t avoid it. We’re a cloud of smoke, like I’m disappearing in this commotion. It’s a very dramatic connection, but you can’t really hold onto it.
The rest of the song took us almost a year to get right. We did a lot of back and forth with Lowkick, a lot of restructuring, adding new sections and taking them away again. I kept re-writing the second verse because I wasn’t happy with the lyrics or melody, I felt like it was missing something, but I got it eventually. I wrote the second verse a few months after I wrote the first, and I think you can kind of hear that, the smoke and mirrors of that situation were well gone by that stage, so the lyrics are a little more unsure and anxious from there on out in the song. I don’t think that’s a bad thing though, you know, it echoes the idea that it was all a cloud of smoke, a fleeting moment of electricity.
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