Synth Single Review: “Secrets” by Lovespirals
by Karl Magi
Lovespirals’ “Secrets” explores complexity and hurt within relationships. The song commences with levitating guitar strumming as Anji Lum’s whispery voice traces wordlessly through the music. Soon she begins to sing, her airy, fragile tones drifting smoothly while carrying a melody that mingles ache with approaching loss. The guitar returns as hushed drums brush softly across the track, the bass adding lush underpinnings beneath the delicate strumming.
A floating synth moves through the music with disembodied grace, trailing misty tones as the steady guitar creates a secondary rhythmic layer. Anji Lum’s voice gradually gains strength, delivering her message with greater assurance. Sonorous notes cry out with haunting emotion, Ryan Lum’s production deepening the melancholy atmosphere. Wandering tones shift with ghostly lucidity as the vocals breathe with fragile expression. The synth roams with a misty shimmer before silence gently falls.
Our storyteller confesses, “Should’ve been more honest, should’ve spoken my mind,” acknowledging that she failed to find the right words. The song’s subject asks, “Are you keeping secrets again?” and assumes something is being hidden, while another voice warns, “If it’s true, this is the end, don’t be keeping secrets again.”
She admits, “Should’ve been more open, should’ve been more kind,” and recognizes she may have misjudged the situation: “Maybe I’m the bad guy, caught up in my own shit, always questioning why.” She sees now that she spent wasted years placing blame in the wrong direction when she “should’ve just quit playing this stupid game again.”
