I’ve released my new track, Running Away, and this one feels different. I recorded it last December and spent months convincing myself it wasn’t ready. I kept thinking I should re-record the vocal, add more layers, maybe get it mixed again. Eventually I realised I wasn’t improving it, I was just avoiding letting it go. The song was already done. It already said what it needed to say. So I stopped trying to perfect it and finally released it.
I’m still making everything from a small home studio in the North-East, fully independent. No label, no manager, no PR team, no viral strategy. Just the work. And somehow, the music is travelling anyway.
My songs have reached listeners in the US, Brazil, Germany, Spain, Italy and the Netherlands, and have been picked up by playlists and music blogs without paid promotion or industry backing. It feels like proof that the old model of “breaking” an artist is fading. If a track connects with someone, it moves. You don’t need hype. You just need truth in the music.
Some of the reviews for Running Away:
“‘Running Away’ belongs to a rare strain of synth-pop that doesn’t chase attention but earns it through emotional honesty.” – Indie Dock
“Captures the moment where pain turns into clarity.” – Hailtunes
“A nostalgic yet modern synth-pop palette that feels like a personal breakthrough disguised as a pop track.” – TJPL News
“Cinematic and cathartic, Flynn refuses to trade storytelling for surface gloss – Hit Harmony Heaven
Running Away turns heartbreak into strength. – musicpool
I also got an email saying Running Away was listened to by the BBC Radio 1 Introducing Dance team. It doesn’t mean airplay, but someone at Radio 1 pressed play. That matters. Every track I’ve uploaded – True Love Is Inside You, Capsized Heart, Scrolling for Love, Ghost, and now Running Away – has been heard by BBC Introducing teams, from my local North-East producers to national selectors. No broadcast yet, but it’s a reminder that progress isn’t always visible. Sometimes your work is moving even when it looks like nothing is happening.
Running Away came from a moment where I realised you don’t always need a map, you just need movement. The fear of staying the same was bigger than the fear of change. Releasing the track was part of that same lesson: stop waiting for perfect and let the thing exist.
Next steps are simple: keep writing, keep releasing, keep building slowly and on my own terms. I’m not trying to break overnight. I’m building something that lasts.
If you’ve listened, shared, saved, reviewed, or even just paused long enough to hear the song, thank you. I’m doing this without a machine behind me, so every listener matters. Running Away is out now on all platforms.