“Facing the sudden onset of chronic pain, Singapore-born, New York-based singer-songwriter […] turned to music as an outlet,” we wrote of W. H. Huang back in March. “His new EP Knots, coming later this spring, serves as an exploration of pain and healing, as well as the more general transience of things and the ebb and flow of hope.” Lead single ‘Life Just Lately’ saw New York rap artist Granata add vocals to a bright pop sound, typifying the vulnerability and sincerity of the EP as a whole.
With the record set for release next month, W. Y. Huang has returned with ‘Give It Time’, a brand new single which further introduces the release’s themes and tone. “If pain’s the only constant / then the variable is me,” Huang sings over a hushed folk arrangement, “still I multiply my failures / and subtract my victories.” The opening lines of a song addressed to its own performer, looking to extend the kind of patience and empathy we might offer others to oneself. “This was the first time I wrote a song to myself,” he explains. “There were things I needed to hear and feel to journey through this chapter in my life, and this was my attempt at giving that to myself. Perhaps it might help someone else coping with tough times as well.”
Give it time,
everything will be just fine
everything that’s on your mind
that’s inside out will turn around
just give it time