The hyper intensity of ineedabreak by faesymphony is enough to blast you into another dimension. The New York City-based singer-songwriter, recording artist, actor and performer took elements of hyper-pop and threw them into head-spinning overdrive, joined by storming intersections of happy hardcore, DnB, EDM and pop-rap adrenaline.
If you stood at the pinnacle of escapist music, you would be rubbing shoulders with faesymphony and his turbulently adrenalised strokes of neon synaesthesia. The track moves with larger-than-life force, propulsed by the painfully recognisable exhaustion of being young, empathetic and awake in a climate where the bad news never stops refreshing. Rather than sinking into that darkness, ineedabreak builds a sanctuary from it, a new galaxy where you can shake off the weight long enough to believe in the good again.
The production has the sugar-rush extremity that will hit for fans of Charli XCX’s blown-out club-pop moments and the maximalist mischief of 100 gecs, but faesymphony’s trained vocal presence gives the track its own performance-born electricity. His voice rides the manic acceleration with proper live-stage confidence, keeping the song human beneath all the digital combustion.
ineedabreak is a step forward in faesymphony’s sound and identity: immersive, business-minded, artistically wired and ready for clubs, festivals, game soundtracks and anyone who needs an energetic reset. Sometimes you hold on too tight; faesymphony reminds you to let go and fly.
ineedabreak is now available on all major streaming platforms, including Spotify.
Review by Amelia Vandergast