Freja the Dragon definitely knows how to write songs that inspire, so we asked the singer-songwriter to compile her favorite uplifting songs. “The playlist is a mix of big and minimalistic sounds, with songs that really make me feel something,” she explains. Give it a listen below and check out her upcoming EP Long Gone Girl, which was released on May 8th!
This is a song we’ve always come back to when we’ve been listening to reference songs. I love the song and how raw it sounds.
Florence is always one of my go to artists when I want to get inspired. She deals with heavy topics in her songs and leaves you overwhelmed, but with some hope and I just want to move to the music. She is also one of my favorite singers.
This is a song that is an inspiration to leave the production with a few organic elements.
Love her songs, her voice and I just wanna play live when I listen to this one
When I discovered this song I really wanted to have a similar song myself with the same feeling. Then I realized I actually had started writing a song with the same theme dealing with anxiety/depression that also has this groovy and positive vibe in the music. One can say this song inspired me to finish "Cut Me Loose."
When I find a song that I like I have it on repeat, and this song has been of them. We quickly added this one to our reference playlist to get inspired by the groove and bass sound.
This song has a few well chosen elements in the production. When we worked on the EP, our goal was to find a few perfect sounds that we could reuse in different ways.
We wanted to combine organic sounds with static elements like drum machines that changed when you got to a new part in the song.
I love the darkness in this song, combined with Karin's fragile voice.
This song has beautiful lyrics and melodies. It also has cool sounds that are difficult to define what they are, both organic and experimental.
