Kristiane's "Better on Your Own" Is Heartfelt Songwriting at Its Best

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With a candid approach to songwriting and a delicate delivery that perfectly matches her close-to-the-heart reflections, Kristiane is poised to become your next best-kept secret. The Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter crafts indelible, soft-spoken pop that plays out with an unrelenting sincerity. The effect is akin to stumbling on a stranger's diary, randomly opening from page to page, piecing together glimpses of a life outside your own.

Released via FADER Label, Kristiane's latest single "Better on Your Own" follows her debut, "Wish I Could Be Your Girl," released earlier this year. Opening on the heavenly meld of a lone guitar and minimalistic production, "Better on Your Own" is one of those unassuming tracks that stops you dead in your tracks - the rare sort of musical discovery that feels almost too perfect.

At its core, "Better on Your Own" is a deeply personal moment of self-doubt punctuated by heartfelt, timeless songwriting. "I think about it all the time, every second I'm alive / That I'd leave if you wanted to, you want that too / Do you want that, do you," confesses Kristiane. Detailing everything from intrusive thoughts to pervasive feelings of uncertainty, Kristiane pens a story that is so much larger than the growing insecurity in a single relationship.

"Better on Your Own" is an individual heart-to-heart that takes on an air of the universal. It's the magnificent sort of record you could turn to to find solace at any point in your life.

Listen to "Better on Your Own" below:

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