E^ST has released her new single Maybe It’s Me.
The alt-pop track is a beat-driven power ballad that showcases the unwaveringly honest lyricism that E^ST is best known for. It was produced by her key collaborator Jim Eliot (Halsey, Ellie Goulding, Kylie Minogue).
Take a listen below:
āThis song is about being a hot mess in life, and starting to wonder if maybe life has nothing to do with it and you just kinda suck,ā said E^ST.
E^ST will release her debut album I’m Doing It this year. The album focuses on feelings of heartbreak, isolation and failure, and signals a huge leap forward from her EP releases Old Age and Life Aināt Always Roses.
āMy musicās always been driven by my emotional state,ā said E^ST, real name Melissa Bester.āItās the way I express how Iām feeling, but just as often itās how I find out how Iām feeling.ā Either way, she says, it ends up being āas raw as I can possibly make it.ā
E^ST, whose artist name was inspired by her motherās maiden name Oosthuysen (oost means east in Dutch), has supported the likes of Panic! At The Disco and Twenty One Pilots on tour.