Wisp Battles Shame and Insecurity in the Mesmerizing "Enough for you"
Photo: Sophia Álverez
19-year-old shoegaze maximalist Wisp continues to cement herself as an artist on the rise with her latest single, "Enough for you." The dynamic effort sees her melt together classic shoegaze tropes with daring and refreshing sonic ideas, while her heart-on-her-sleeve lyrics deal with self-worth and the desire to claim one's own narrative.
The single is a stunning piece of sound design with broken-down guitar textures that retain an ambient quality. Wisp oscillates between light and dark, pairing her punctuated moody vocals with wistful, noisy instrumentation. Amid punchy percussion and soaring guitar riffs, she poignantly croons, "Why can't you need me? / Need me like I need you / Why can't you love me? / Love me like you used to."
Of the track, Wisp says, "'Enough for you' is about feeling undeserving for others because of how you perceive yourself due to insecurity and shame. The lyrics are from the perspective of a person who has contradicted themselves into believing the negative perception of their own is how everyone else views them as well."
The accompanying visualizer, directed by Nick Vernet and Sophia Álverez, is an intriguing video that follows the artist as she sits alone on the side of the highway at night. With her back turned to the camera, the DIY footage cuts to her walking on the beach to stare at the sky, seemingly looking for comfort in the moon's light. As the morning light peaks over the horizon, she walks into the ocean, perhaps finding the peace she had been missing as the waves come to greet her.
The new single will be featured on the artist's upcoming debut EP Pandora, out April 5, alongside her previous releases, "Once then we'll be free," "See you soon," and breakout single "Your Face," which rocketed into view last summer. After amassing tens of millions of streams and attracting a cult fanbase eager to parse out Wisp's mysterious social media presence, the enigmatic artist has squashed any question of one-hit wonderdom to a pulp.
Watch the "Enough For You" visualizer below:
