Edie Yvonne’s latest single is wonderful, and I love it. The 16-year-old Los Angeles songwriter strips away the gloss to reveal a track built on confrontation and vulnerability. Her vocals cut sharp, refusing to soften the edges as she tackles self-examination head-on.
The comparison to Alanis Morissette isn’t accidental—there’s that same refusal to perform niceness, that same willingness to let anger and hurt exist without apology. But Edie grounds her approach in folk-inspired directness that recalls Joan Baez’s unadorned storytelling. The result lands somewhere between familiar and fresh, a coming-of-age document that doesn’t pretend growing up is anything other than messy and difficult.
As the lead single from her forthcoming EP, “Look Me In the Eye” makes it clear that Edie Yvonne isn’t interested in staying in one lane. She’s pushing herself into uncomfortable territory, and the honesty pays off in a track that demands attention to the last second of it.
If you want to keep up with what Edie Yvonne releases next and see where this new artistic direction takes her, you should definitely follow her on Instagram to stay connected with her music and upcoming projects.
