“It’s like hitting the brakes at full speed — a quiet message of defiance encompassed in epic proportions,” says Austin artist Somebody Someone (pronouns: they/them) about their bold new single “The Light” which is released today, July 29, 2025. “It is my burnout anthem. It’s fierce, beat-driven, and fed up with the hustle and grind culture.”
The follow-up to their “riveting and spellbinding” (American Songwriter) debut single “Better,” “The Light” finds the understated yet formidable artist entering a more dynamic and propulsive part of their career, and what better way to present that than with a big, bold single.
Written during a songwriting retreat at Texas’ famed Sonic Ranch, “The Light” came as an epiphany that essentially wrote itself. “I was just staring into the swimming pool and taking a second to breathe,” they recall. “As I stared at the way the light was glinting off the glimmering pool, this song popped out almost as if to say ‘Hey, this art thing. It’s the most important thing you do. Don’t give up.’ I hit the piano in one of the studios and it came out in about 30 minutes!”
The result is an engaging and gleaming alt-indie banger that captures that bright glisten and bottles it into a purely melodic and haunting three minutes. “‘The Light’ is about reconnecting with what actually keeps us alive,” they say, “community, rest, nourishment, and the right to stop.”
“Big beats via Jason Robert Burt, guitar hero level three-part harmony riffs per Matt Muehling, and the feeling of waking up in a system that never lets you rest,” is how they describe it, “but, ya know, also something you could bop along by the pool to.”
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Rey Roldan
