Cheyanne Summer
With Wrong Side of my 20’s, Cheyanne Summer deepens her exploration of classic songwriting styles, this time embracing an earnest, plaintive sound with roots in doo wop, soul, and country.
There is a beautiful symmetry to the style and the lyrical content of Cheyanne’s latest release. By framing an ode to nostalgia in a style that evokes a bygone era, the weight of her ideas are amplified. Today’s 20 and 30 somethings likely yearn for a simpler time, free of a hyperconnected technological world. So, for her to reminisce using the musical styles her parents or grandparents would have loved, both embraces and transcends the sadness and worry of the lyrics.
Prom Queen manages to push Cheyanne Summer’s sonic palette forward while honouring the musical traditions that came before her time. The tune harkens back to doo wop and the Ronettes, a left turn that still feels uniquely Cheyanne Summer, while also embracing lyrical content directly reflective of that expectation defying sonic choice.
The song expresses Cheyanne’s ironic perspective on the expectations she feels placed on her based on shallow perceptions. It’s an experience shared by virtually anyone, especially in the social media age, and her straightforward and trademark concise and pointed lyrics make her point in a pretty, yet unvarnished fashion.
Please, co-written by Cheyanne Summer and producer Kenton Dobrowolski, is as intense as it is beautiful.
The song embraces themes of loss and strength in equal measure, leaning on Cheyanne’s soaring delivery to express emotion and beauty through the concise and minimal lyrical content.
The song is a remarkable example of the maxim “less is more,” where only a few perfectly chosen words can transport the listener to a space of sadness and power
simultaneously, amplified by a voice that crosses the spectrum of emotion.