Tag: Mathilda Bohman

Mathilda Bohman Untangles Her Hurt and Heartbreak in the Cathartic, Orchestral Pop Song “I’m Okay”

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Mathilda Bohman’s title for “I’m Okay” suggests a simple premise but the song we get is one of much more emotional complexity than simply a song of heartbreak and heartache. With spare guitar and gently synth melodies and washes of tone accented by processed percussion, Bohman’s clear and strong voice takes center stage in the song evoking deep feelings of being broken and vulnerable when articulating in details the ways in which someone who told her they loved her was toying with her emotions. Bohman relates the platitudes about relationships that people tell you growing up that end up feeling like false guideposts for life when they meet the reality of flawed people acting in selfish bad faith. There is an orchestral sweep to the way Bohman has arranged the song that is bright with life so that even though the lyrics are striking in capturing a low moment in life there is a self-awareness that hints at growing inner fortitude. Sometimes when you’re hurting you have to be honest with how it’s making you feel and speaking truth to your pain even if it might seem melodramatic to others. And really feeling it instead of burying it. It’s the hiding those feelings that amplifies them to haunt you with a crushing weight later in life. This song takes the opposite path and one that will ultimate lead to a better place. Listen to “I’m Okay” on Spotify and follow Mathilda Bohman on Instagram.

Mathilda Bohman’s Orchestral Pop Single “Paradise” is a Soaring and Aching Tribute to the Loss of a Loved One

Mathilda Bohman, photo courtesy the artist

On her new single “Paradise” Mathilda Bohman sounds like she spent a lot of time feeling and thinking about issues of loss and coming to terms with what that means and how it affect how you conduct the rest of your life. The details in the song of words from a friend or a family member who died too soon written in a letter giving words of comfort, reminding those left behind that she was going to paradise and that she’ll be alright and that so will everyone experiencing the loss. The orchestral arrangements and the soaring and melancholic violin melody sync well with Bohman’s expressive and affecting vocals suit the subject matter well. There is no soft pedaling these events in our lives but hearing Bohman’s song even if you don’t share the same or even adjacent spiritual beliefs is a nice reminder that these losses can lead us to honor the lives in ways that help process the grief with creativity and grace while feeling it intensely without the reservations that can trap us in a cycle of grieving. Bohman may be a 17-year-old singer from Sweden but has clearly plumbed the essence of what it means to lose someone close and to find a way to keep going. Listen to “Paradise” on Spotify and follow Mathilda Bohman on Instagram.