- 2025-09-18
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MUSIC
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Siobhán Winifred Premieres New Song “Let Down” on BBC Radio 1
London-based singer-songwriter Siobhán Winifred is back. She premiered a new song “Let Down” on BBC Radio 1's Future Pop with Maia Beth
The song is her first music in a year since the EP “Don't Do Well Alone”, which was released last September.
The track was inspired by a violent crime that she witnessed outside her home.
It was written by Siobhán Winifred and produced by Maxwell Varey.
Siobhán Winifred told Maia Beth about the song, “I basically, I witnessed like a really violent crime and got PTSD from it, and I couldn't write about it for ages. Felt like I was very much sitting in the trenches. And then in January of this year, I sat down and wrote it just like late one night with an acoustic guitar. And it was really, really therapeutic to get it out. And finally feel like I was in a place where I could talk about it and not feel like I was like, over, making a really big deal. So it came out pretty easy.”- She continued, “I mean, just I kind of wrote it always picturing like a crowd singing it back and waving it because it's a bit repetitive with the lyrics. So it's like everyone could sing along. And they've been doing that on the tour. And last night in Manchester, they cut out hearts on paper and wrote, 'you never let us down' and held up at the start of the song. Obviously, my guitar has cried. I cried. It was just so overwhelming, but also it just felt like I was like, seen and understood, and everyone was just like, there for me in that moment. So it was really beautiful.”
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Siobhán Winifred shared on social media, “As some of you know, this song is about how witnessing a really violent crime outside my house changed the way I viewed the world. I went from being a pretty optimistic person to someone who expected the worst from everyone because it felt safer to. PTSD is a complex thing and my relationship with it changes all the time but I've come a long way from the version of me that couldn't walk down the street without having my hand on my back or watch anything with violence in (shoutout vampire diaries for the exposure therapy). It's the first time I've really written about it explicitly and I'm really glad I've reached a place where I can talk about it without feeling like I'm making a big deal out of nothing. I felt so alone and isolated because of this experience, I felt like no one could truly relate because of the weird specifics of it, but it's really important to get things off your chest regardless because they will come and get you if you don't. I hope anyone who struggles with PTSD feels a fraction more seen and understood. and I promise though it may feel like everyone is a let down, including yourself, I promise they're not, and I promise it does get better.”
Photo by Lucy Cave - source : BBC Radio 1
