

waterbaby’s 'Clay' featuring her younger brother ttoh, arrives with a soft glow and leaves a bruise. The Stockholm-born artist builds the track from a blissful electro-acoustic backdrop that holds you gently while its questions sink in. 'I’m like clay how you mold me' becomes the emotional anchor, as a simple admission of how easily love can reshape a person. waterbaby delivers the line with restraint, letting the weight of it arrive naturally, whilst her sibling, stepping away from rap and into a soft, melodic register, meets her in a way that feels intimate and human. Together, they create a duet that feels symphonic in scope yet incredibly close-up. Their voices sit close and unguarded. The repeated 'I mind, I mind - it feels hard to say sometimes' feels huge in its vulnerability. You can hear how long it’s taken to reach that sentence. Around it, thoughts of staying, leaving, and wishing you could rewind drift in and out like memories you can’t quite settle. The lo-fi, blurred visuals echo that feeling of emotional fog. From waterbaby's upcoming EP Memory Be a Blade (out March 6).









