Theo Tams Shares New Single ‘Happy On The Outside’

Canadian singer and songwriter Theo Tams kicks off the new year with a brand new single called Happy On The Outside, an upbeat pop song out now via Hidden Pony Records. 

 

What I like the most about this song is the contrast between the upbeat, feel-good melodies and the darker lyrical content that finds Theo singing about how many of us pretend to be happy while being miserable on the inside. Happy On The Outside comes out of a place in Theo Tams's life where he was struggling with addiction but kept pretending everything was ok, putting so much energy on pretending instead of focusing it in working to really get better. A relatable storytelling flawlessly conveyed through his smooth, honeyed vocals that glide beautifully over a catchy beat nicely intertwined with intricate acoustic guitar riffs, cool synths and rhythms and an infectious chorus that together create an overall warm, feel-good atmosphere!

Speaking about the song, Theo Tams said,

I wrote this song about how good I think we have all become at pretending. I know for so long when I was stuck in addiction, I was a master at pretending everything was ok, that I was happy, that I was fulfilled. It’s interesting to look back and see just how much of a master I had become at faking it. Now, working my way through to the other side, and being a bit further along in the healing process, it’s really interesting to see the ways that so many of us drown ourselves in all different types of consumption in order to take the edge off of truly feeling life. It’s become a bit of comedy almost for me, there is an irony attached to how miserable we are just pretending to be happy. We put so much energy into faking our happiness and our success instead of putting that energy into really putting in the work to get there authentically.