An orchestra performer and heavenly pop arranger, Indyana’s journey of solo and collaborative performance has not gone unnoticed in her Melbourne home town. She’s supported fellow rising artists whilst cementing herself as an independent talent, with her debut album the navy baby, on the horizon, pushing the limits of her creativity far beyond just music.
Arriving ahead of the highly anticipated project, Indyana’s ‘je fais mon univers’ is an ode to self-acceptance, the track, like its songwriting process is a journey of redemption, working through your own position in the world and coming out the other side. “From a very young age, ideologies relating to body image have been thrust upon me (and upon us all) so frequently that my own feelings of self-worth have been crushed time and time again,” the artist adds.
Starting with embers, Indyana steadily grows her music into an empire of captivating sounds, but beneath this is a continuing sense of reflection, a realisation that the journey is over. Indyana echoes this, “I recognise that this song has taught me a lot, even if I haven’t yet fully arrived at my destination of self-love. I hope its listeners will feel equally nurtured by its teachings; that they let it serve as a reminder of how beautiful and wondrous they truly are.”
The small moments within the music, and the overarching themes of self-love and poignant introspection, craft a delicately balanced ethereality. Whether the lead melody is taken by the vocals or the expressive viola lines, Indyana is consistently supported by waves of backdrop instrumentation, the lo-fi drums, folky acoustic guitars and broad, swelling orchestration compelling the listener to feel her feelings and become a part of that same journey. Masterfully written and elegantly performed.