YDE is here with her first single of 2024, “Defense of Love”! The track is all about going lengths to defend your love and the challenges that come with that. In the first verse, YDE admits how she’s a bit embarrassed about her inability to be subtle while trying to protect her lover's “edo’d heart”. Yet, YDE forgives herself for all the things she had said and done, because at the end of the day, it was in “the defense of love.” In the second verse, she discusses the red flags in her relationship, and how she would continue to defend her lover and “put up with [their] ego’d heart”. But through the course of the song, she slowly realizes that she’s better off if she gives herself love, and YDE beautifully ends the song by saying “four letter words mean many things/I’m starting to learn love is the same”.
“Defense of Love” is one of those addicting tracks that you cannot stop listening to. It is immediately eye-catching - or in this case, ear catching. The production is filled with YDE’s ethereal harmonies and smooth synths, perfectly laid for her main vocals to take the forefront. All the instrumentation in this song sounds fresh and authentic, and a lot of the production sounds like it’s based on YDE”s own vocalizations and sound effects. In the chorus, the production picks up a bit, and she flexes her higher range as she effortlessly belts. In the second verse, there are some light acoustic guitar melodies added that help build the intensity to the next chorus repeat. And after that big, final chorus, the production is bare while she sings four letter words mean many things/I’m starting to learn love is the same”.
Breanna Yde is an Australian born, Filipino singer, songwriter, and actress. YDE got her start in her acting career at a very young age, and got her first starring role on Nickelodeon's The Haunted Hathaways at age nine. While pursuing her acting career on screen, she acted alongside Idinia Menzel in WILD: A Musical Becoming. YDE released her first single, “Stopped Buying Diamonds”, in 2020, and has been consistently releasing music since then. However, her most popular track is “BlindLife”, which currently has over 2.5 million streams on Spotify alone. The stage is set for many more projects from YDE in the future, so make sure to be on the lookout.
Written By Lauren DiGiovanni
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