Paige Valentine – Navigate

Western Australian singer-songwriter Paige Valentine shares another deeply personal yet very relatable piece of songwriting on new single “Navigate”. Perfectly crafted for the warmer weather, her latest track is drenched in sonics that lean right into the electro-pop side of her artistry.

The single is taken from Paige’s forthcoming debut album, Lucky Blue, due out Friday 2 February 2024, via Nettwerk.

Loving without considering the consequences is a theme Paige explores across Lucky Blue, and it is where we find her on “Navigate” – as she explores the relationship between two people who are absolutely not right for each other but are united by some cosmic magnetism that is impossible to resist. The instrumentation may be soft and delicate – balancing bubbling, textural harps with a warped, pulsing melody – but the lyrics burn with urgency and frustration.

On the track, Paige explains, “’Navigate’ is about the phenomenon of someone only wanting someone or something when it’s gone. It’s about the magnetic force that makes toxic lovers so hard to separate, the push-pull dynamic, and internal agony of waiting for someone to stop being confused and ‘see the light’, see the good things. It’s also about the psychic feeling that the love interest has someone else, that there’s something in the way of the connection, or in the way of the relationship having a proper start. So navigating a space of trying to be carefree and understanding, but also being frustrated and exhausted, struggling with the power and force of the connection. It was about a guy who was always looking for greener grass while he had good things, and ultimately deciding to leave this unforgettable, powerful, magnetic, and chaotic chemistry to just be a memory.”

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