Have you ever met someone who just seemed completely emotionless at times? Well, Orla Gartland has, and she’ll surely tell you about it in her latest single “Zombie!”
We must admit, we’re living in times where many have become desensitized to traumatic events. However, it can be a little (or… maybe more than a little) unhealthy in the long run to keep those emotions in. Body language can say a lot about a person and what they’re feeling, including a blank face. “Zombie!” touches on how many people feel the need to hold anything and everything in – even in front of those they love.
As Orla says, “’Zombie!’ is about repressing emotions until one day they burst out of you all at once. Specifically it’s about a very common, very male kind of repression I witnessed in a boy I loved once – I could see that he felt things but there was a barrier stopping him from expressing them. I hated that for him, it made me so angry at the societal pressures that led him to that place. For me living ‘like a zombie’ became a metaphor for this way of living; someone so seemingly unemotional on the surface they barely seem alive. I scream my head off in the outro of the song and that scream is meant to feel like a huge release, like the moment you let it all out.”
If there’s a zombie living inside of you, it’s time to let it out! Orla Gartland’s music always provides an opportunity to release any emotions and energy building up inside of you. Listen to “Zombie!” below!
