Salt Ashes has never been one to shy away from bold creative statements, and her latest single, ‘Bad Things Right’, is no exception. This darkly atmospheric track finds the Brighton-based artist fully embracing her inner anti-heroine, delivering a brooding anthem of rebellion and defiance.
The track itself is a pulsing, synth-driven marvel. Salt Ashes’ smoky, sultry vocals weave effortlessly through a tapestry of shadowy beats and taut rhythms, her voice as commanding as it is vulnerable. The lyrics are a gut-punch of frustration and raw emotion, detailing the all-too-relatable experience of being scapegoated and villainised. “They put me on a pedestal / But accused me for the things I’d never done” is a line that cuts to the quick, its bitterness matched by a chorus that refuses to apologize for embracing the “bad” label thrust upon her.
Salt Ashes proves yet again why she’s a force to be reckoned with in the synth-pop world. This is her most ambitious work to date, and it’s absolutely spellbinding.
