Jade LeMac Writes Her Name in the Pop Stars to Be With 'Constellations'
Allow yourself to imagine hurdling down an empty road, backlit by a sky full of stars, feelings accelerating with the speed, the constellations blurring into time-lapse memories until suddenly you are physically and spiritually stalled, a cosmic car crash forfeiting all momentum. In her debut EP, Constellations, Jade LeMac figuratively and metaphorically explores the scarring and healing of the past few years, and like space itself expanding imperceptibly but full of majestic gravity, it is hard to believe so much emotive power is deftly welded by this 18-year-old talent. Born and raised in a multicultural household on Vancouver Island, it is ever more impressive to gauge how improbable her accent has been, going from karaoke with cousins to bedroom floor songwriting to lending her voice to select features to a pandemic boon on TikTok that built up an audience for LeMac's honest, fearless voice.
The gravitational center of Constellations sees LeMac wrestle with all the trials of youth, unlocking emotions only prior understood in abstract, a sensation of visceral exploration. That immense pop sensibility paired with superbly narrated lyrics churns her expressiveness into a meld of approachable pop that is evident in the slew of singles she’s released, starting with "Constellations" a slow-building ballad that reveals itself one star at a time. Balanced and bookended by "Aimed To Kill," which peels back a fierceness of LeMac’s persona, a rhythmically pummeling beat, with a staccato pre-chorus that unleashes into a bullet of lyrics aimed to kill.
The new additions to the EP showcase the true depth of LeMac's storytelling and songwriting. "Car Accidents" is an exploratory journey from a third-party perspective. "This is the first time I have ever written from the perspective of two people and I love how subtle but how impactful the changes are. I was actually writing the lyrics on the bus and as I was coming up with this story in my head I was seeing myself inside of these characters and feeling all of these feelings of two people who have both lost something, and I ended up just crying the whole way. It’s probably one of my favourite songs on the EP,” she shares. Then, in "There’s People Watching," the bouncy synth-laden gem with its electronic-laced drum fills has a sailing away chorus, a broadening of her sound that lends itself to drifting thoughts.
In summary, everything about Constellations confirms what we already know. She’s a terribly impressive artist with depth and unique perspectives, but what it really uncovers, like a night drive into a star-lit expanse, is how limitless her creative journey might be.
Listen to Constellations below:
