Julia Minichiello – placeholder

Today, rising pop star Julia Minichiello shares her new single “placeholder” via River House Artists.

Co-written with Jess Cayne (Darius Rucker, Brittney Spencer) and Brock Westover (Flyanaboss, Jay Sean, JORDY), the emotional track showcases Minichiello’s soaring vocals as she reflects on a doomed relationship with a partner who is still in love with their ex. “placeholder” follows her previous single “you were just drunk,” released earlier this year.

“The writing process of this song was honestly seamless,” explains Minichiello. “I told my co-writers what was going on in my life, and we wrote it top-down from such a real place. They had stories of when they related to it, and we naturally reached a hook that we all loved. We were inspired by Julia Michaels’ lyrical style and cadence and by Benson Boone’s ability to sneak a tempo change into a pop song.”

She continues, “I wrote ‘placeholder’ with Jess Cayne and Brock Westover, who are some of my favorite people to write with. They both create the safest space to tell your story. Jess comes up with amazing lyrics that literally nobody else could possibly think of, and Brock has insane melodies and is so good at helping me go outside the box production-wise. This song starts off slower with just guitar and vocals, and then by the chorus it has a lot more pop energy.”

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