Shay Lia. Photo by Cary Tauben/Press
Shay Lia has officially returned to making music. After the release of her 2020 Solaris EP, the singer has only shared two songs: "Irrational" featuring Adekunle Gold back in 2021 and “TAKUTÁ,” which she released earlier in 2023. Now, she's back once again with a reggae-R&B fusion track, "SOLO."
Both songs from this year mark a fresh start for Shay Lia, as she aims to showcase her wide range of tastes and musicality. "'SOLO' is a song I wrote to celebrate my growth and reclamation — confident vocals mixed with the energy of freedom, wrapped in the warmth and the strength of reggae-RnB production by Andrés Rebellón," Lia shared in a press statement. "I wanted to release a song that feels timeless and easy for the summer."
Speaking about the message behind the track, she explained, "I needed to write about a failed situationship where I had felt inconsistency and a lack of effort from my love interest. I had overcome a lot and done so much work to heal prior to meeting him - and I ended up feeling like this newfound self-love and self-awareness were too precious to be wasted on something inconsistent. I decided to move forward on my own in full confidence, solo and free. I felt much lighter after making this decision and that’s why the song feels like a warm classic — it’s meant to relay the softness of my confidence."
Listen to "SOLO" below.
