An Emotionally Lush Single from Gissel Villanueva
- R.A.G.
- 3 hours ago
- 4 min read
A new single from Giselle Villanueva brings out a very robust breed of honesty in the form of a powerful and theatrical ballad that feels impactful, passionately performed, and certainly leaves its mark.
This is an artist who knows how to perform. It's outstanding that she's able to give such intense vocal performances on record the way that she does. It makes you want to go see her performing live right in front of your face.
This is a powerful track that showcases Giselle's ability to take you into her story and do so in a way that lets you connect with the sentiment.
"Center of Me" is pretty hard lyrically. You can easily and quickly tell this came from some authentic place. This was a chapter in her life, and it hurt her, so she turned to her music to let that out.
This is a song about heartbreak. It's about being left behind and dealing with the emotional Fallout of a situation like that.
She is super vulnerable, but again, that's what makes it so realistic.
She's able to articulate her lyrics in a way that's half metaphoric and still lay out the message crystal clear.
This is a perfect example of an artist who gives pieces of herself in her music, and that's part of what makes it so alluring and impactful to begin with.
She lets a lot of the emotion and inner thought come spilling out for all, so again, and to me, that takes a bit of bravery.
It's not just about letting the other person know that you've been hurt. It's about letting the world understand where you're coming from.
When you hear something like this, you connect with it because a lot of us have been through this situation. When we do go through it, we have all those intense emotions and feelings, but we don't all really know how to articulate those into words, let alone Words and Music, so when we hear a song like this, it hits us in a particular way. It lets us feel like we're less alone.
It's incredible how upfront she is about her pain and what's been done to her, but there's also this almost inspirational undertone to it all.
Yes, she's been hurt, but here she is. She is showcasing that for everyone, and doing so in an almost fearless manner.
I suppose you do have to be a bit unafraid to put yourself out there the way that she does.
This is a pop-coated single, but still comes through with a theatrical and almost contemporary backbone, cinematic approach, and her vocals are incredible.
She can sing softly, with a delicate approach when she wants to, and then when the song gets more intense, so does she. She starts belting out and really letting herself go free, which is something that's very addictive.
I think she needed this. It feels like Giselle needed to get this off her chest, and this was the perfect way to do so.
When I listen to it, I feel like it was cathartic for her to write and record.
The track features piano and guitar for the most part. Both of them seem to follow each other quite well, and I like the tones of those two layering up so that it gives the song a bit more musical depth.
Soon enough, there are strings that come in in an orchestrated manner, pushing that cinematic feel even further, and bringing up those intensity levels as the song rises emotionally.
You can tell a lot of this was well thought out. She had a plan for this track and needed to come across in an elegant way, which it is, but also has a bit of a punch that combines sadness with a little aggression.
During those choruses, she really cries out, and you can feel those heightened moments in your bones.
This was a wonderfully woven piece of work that was done with a lot of attention to detail, but most importantly, it packed a lot of character and heart, which are the things you really hold on to throughout its course.
Along with the song itself comes an accompanying music video that displays a visual side to some of those emotions. She really shows an amazing presence on camera, and the video is brilliantly thought out, shot in black and white, and it feels like watching an old movie from the 1940s.
It's just got that kind of aesthetic where it's very well produced, but has this vintage approach to it.
This is not a song you want to miss, and I suggest listening to it for the first time by watching this music video.
Of course, we took the liberty of posting the video below, so it's nice and easy for you to do exactly that.
This is music for people who want to feel something.
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