Abbie Ozard

Manchester rising superstar Abbie Ozard returns with new single ‘TV Kween,’ a song based around insecurities.

Quickly building acclaim with her penchant for wistful coming of age tales, Abbie Ozard nails the ennui, anxieties and liberation of early 20s social navigation in her beachy indie.

The new cut ‘TV Kween’ follows in this vein – simultaneously airy and precise in its sound, the dream-pop tinged guitars provide a soft base on which Abbie’s understated vocals deliver a paean to escapism.

The ICM Awards 2019 Greatest Discovery nominee elaborates: “It’s a song based around insecurities, and constantly aspiring to be someone other than yourself.

“I feel like there’s a load of girls out there constantly comparing themselves to others. Specifically, the tune talks about loving someone but not feeling good enough for them, and dreaming that you’re someone different (which we shouldn’t be doing btw!!!).”

Whilst this sounds a gloomy outlook, the intention is of understanding, and a rejection of this feeling: “Hopefully this song will make people feel a little less alone when they’re feeling super insecure.”

Her sound has evolved into its own space, with the help of Rich Turvey (Vistas, Blossoms) on co-production duties, to combine a humour indebted style of indie-pop with grittier, stylised stateside sounds of Best Coast or Day Wave. The new single follows up on the successful ‘Crocodile Tears‘ and ‘Pink Sky (Endless Summer)’.

She’s emerged into a supportive scene with contemporaries Lauran Hibberd, Whenyoung and Phoebe Green, touring with the former two at personal request, and establishing her own cult set of fans.

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