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“Missed Call” is the wonderful new single from Melbourne via Perth, singer-songwriter
Kaitlin Keegan. A poignant song written about a close friend, Kaitlin builds the song slowly
from a lone strumming guitar before launching into the anthemic chorus. At the heart of it
all is Keegan’s striking voice, which immediately draws you in with its emotional warmth and matter-of-fact storytelling.
“At the core it's really about wanting to be there for your friend even though there’s a
massive distance between you both, physically and emotionally,” Keegan says. “I wrote the
song about one of my closest friends, but it relates to a lot of women in my life.”
This is the key to Keegan’s charm. She manages to find the universal in the everyday, telling a tale that is deeply personal, but also endlessly relatable, and setting the whole thing to a backdrop of shimmering folk pop. Listening to “Missed Call” it’s hard not to feel as though you’re being counselled by a friend over a cuppa.
Which is all part of her plan.
“Watching a lot of women getting stuck in damaging relationships that don’t serve them, it’s kinda hard to watch from the outside,” she says. “I want it to help others to be resilient in their attempts to be there for someone especially when they don’t want to hear you out."
To help her capture the emotional weight of the track, Kaitlin enlisted the help of producer
Anna Laverty (The Peep Tempel, Meg Mac, Loose Tooth), who she’d met at a writing camp
and instantly felt an affinity for. “After working with Anna at that camp I knew straight away I wanted to record new music with her,” Keegan says. “She made me feel super comfortable and confident about my ideas. We booked out a couple of days at Audrey Studios in Coburg and had the best time. Recording Missed Call was pretty emotional and she definitely got that and nurtured me through the whole process.”
“Missed Call” feels like the warm hug we all need right now.
lyrics
I wanna be by your side, I’ve got nothing left to hide
If I could turn day to night, I’d go back to the time and place where I left you
Move over, come closer
You’re wasting ya time on him, just chasing a feeling you read about in high school.
But you know he’s just no good for you.
You exceed him in so many ways I don’t know how else to prove.
Move over, come closer.
Hide away hide away like it never happened.
Turn your face dodge my calls for a little while.
Close your eyes, fake a smile.
I’m in it for the long haul, I’ll make another missed call to you.
You know you made your Dad real upset
He cries in the bathroom head in his hands and
I wish that you could see how he feels.
You’re tearing us apart, breaking my heart or what’s left of it.
Move over, come closer.
Hide away hide away like it never happened.
Turn your face dodge my calls for a little while.
Close your eyes, fake a smile.
I’m in it for the long haul, I’ll make another missed call to you.
And I don’t know how out of all of the people you could do this to me, knowing my history.
All of the times we cried and discussed
My childhood was riddled with sadness and drugs
I don’t need this again.
Hide away hide away like it never happened.
Turn your face dodge my calls for a little while.
Close your eyes, fake a smile.
I’m in it for the long haul.
Hide away hide away like it never happened.
Turn your face dodge my calls for a little while.
Close your eyes, fake a smile.
I know you think it’s our fault, just making sure you don’t fall again.
I’m in it for the long haul, I’ll make another missed call to you.
When all has been said and done
I'm still on the phone once a week to your mum
Just checking in on you I wanna see you thriving Emily, don’t want to be your enemy.
credits
released March 6, 2020
Written by: Kaitlin Keegan and Joel Quartermain
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