deryk Shares New Single ‘Call You Out’
New Zealand's rising 24-year-old singer and songwriter deryk has just shared her official debut single Call You Out, accompanied by a captivating video that she shot, directed and produced during quarantine!
I am really fond of deryk's lush vocals and how they instantly command attention to her beautiful storytelling. Those haunting harmonies are incredibly captivating and infuse the song with a mysterious and eerie vibe that is right up my alley.
Call You Out is also packed with sparse beats, rolling acoustic guitar and subtle piano chords which create a woozy, intriguing scenario that lingers long after the song has finished. This is a song about that feeling of frustration we have when we've missed an opportunity to say something we felt we should have said but we weren't quick enough. This relatable message is wrapped around an infectious production and its official music video enhances the song's hypnotic atmosphere. Shot in her kitchen cupboards with the help of a red lamp and a delightfully distorting glass jar, Call You Out is a powerful statement of intent. Check it out below!
On the song, deryk says,
‘Call You Out’ is about the feeling you get when you’ve missed an opportunity to say something you felt you should have said or could have been said if you’d been quick enough. ‘I fucking wish I’d said that, fuck.’ There’s a shame and frustration that comes with not standing up for yourself or somebody else when you could have but you just froze, lost for words. You end up brewing for a few days, plotting, questioning whether to call them out, and that exact fury is what inspired the song.