Emma Jayne, student of the game, is on to something special

By Mustafa Abubaker

I’mma keep it so real. When I got an e-mail stating 24 year old Brooklyn based singer /songwriter Emma Jayne drew inspiration from the one and only Carole King, I knew right then and there I was going to dig her music without even hearing a second of it. I mean… Carole King. There was a time in my life when all that mattered to me was “Bitter With The Sweet.”

Emma Jayne’s new single “Analysis” gets a lot done in three minutes. It brings you into a world where innocent, childlike bike rides, ice cream cones, and calling your friend’s mom’s house on the home phone to see if she can play are all that matters. I get a vibe of a summer afternoon just before sunset and it’s just rained all day, so the air is fresh and all the lawns in suburbia are all dewy as dew gets.

It’s a feel good pop song pairing modern production with interesting, pointed lyricism. Emma Jayne’s stated that the track is about “honoring your inner child… it’s about thinking you are the only one in the world who isn’t affected by your attachments and your childhood… it’s about being stubborn and not moving on from something even though it’s time”.