🎧 Approved: WILDES

WILDES, the project of Anglo-Irish musician and producer Ella Walker, crafts spacious, deconstructed, exquisitely arranged indie pop. 

Known for her bewitching and deceptively brooding sound, WILDES consistently pushes boundaries and her latest single, ‘Kopfkino’, is no exception. This track marks the beginning of an exciting collaboration with acclaimed Irish producer St Francis Hotel (Little Simz and Michael Kiwanuka). 

‘Kopfkino’ explores the interplay between fantasy and reality, opening with a dense, brooding rhythmic section that gives way to a tapestry of atmospheric production flourishes. Guided by WILDES’ intoxicating vocals, the song reflects on the mind’s power to create and destroy, as well as the struggle for meaning in a performative world.

“‘Kopfkino’ is an immersion in the mind, and explores both the light and dark that we experience as individuals”, Walker says. “From dwelling on a difficult moment frozen in time, to escaping blissfully into the imagination, and struggling to distinguish fantasy from reality, daydreams visit us all”. 

🎧 Listen to ‘Kopfkino’ below