Leah Gurman - Really yours

LEAH GURMAN - REALLY YOURS

Leah Gurman, a rising singer-songwriter from Frome, England, has released her original single “Really Yours,” a five-minute pop piano ballad that is all about sharing honesty, vulnerability, and that all-too-familiar post relationship self-reflection. Written and recorded in her bedroom, the track is a perfect example of bedroom pop - mixing emotional, yet subdued vocals, with lyrics that make you feel the emotional weight of a relationship that ended without closure.

“Really Yours” is a slower track, giving the listener time to sit with the song and all of its complexities. Built around a simple four-chord structure, the song grows through layered piano and synth melodies, with arpeggios, reverb, and delay, which adds a bit more dept to the overall simple backing. A great example of how technology has advanced in music production, the bedroom recording sounds just as thoughtful as a professional studio, proving how sometimes less can be more in today’s music scene.

Lyrically, the song uses each line to uncover more of an inner monologue. Lines found in the verse for example, “there is a siren in my mind, that I can’t cancel out / and it echoes I hear your name, isn’t that strange?” perfectly capture that all-encompassing feeling of a hard breakup. When Leah sings, *“You're a song I can’t get out of my head / it gives me a reason to never let go, the metaphor feels simple but effective, perhaps bringing to mind some of the bed reflective songwriters from today like Gracie Abrams and Olivia Rodrigo. The hook is where th etitle finally makes sense and comes full circle as she sings: “If I could ask you one thing / my question would be / ‘was I ever really yours?’” It’s direct, simple, yet totally honest and quietly devastating. This refrain gives the song its emotional anchor that can be rare to find in emerging artists.

Overall, “Really Yours” is a great example of the type of single a new artist should be reasling - one that shows thoughtfulness, relatability, and true artistic talent. It’s the kind of song that will resonate with listeners who are looking for music with meaning and sincerity. With the perfect cocktail of simplicity and heartfelt lyrics, Leah Gurman shows her knack for storytelling and that she is a promising artist who is just getting started telling her story.