Meret Ester's new single, "Sweet Life," is like opening a fresh, sincere window on a straightforward spring morning and imbued with a gentle sense of wonder. The latest offering from her debut album, Taken by Surprise (May 2025), is an intimate, expansive indie-folk song that echoes directly to the soul.
Rooted in rhythmic acoustic melodies, airy flutes, and pulsing drums, "Sweet Life" envelops us in warm, textured sonics. But it's Meret's familiar self-examining lyrics that sparkle most brightly. Lines like "sweet life" The song deftly flits between raw emotion and an uplifting lightness, expressing the bittersweet pain of wanting to cherish brief moments just a little longer.
Meret's mellow music has modern folk vibes, but her sound also has an unmistakable, new authenticity that is all her own. "Sweet Life" is the beauty wrapped up in regularity, that sometimes-disguised beauty that comes in the kind of warmth we feel when we're connected, loved, and here. "Sweet Life," also confirms that Meret Ester isn't merely another name in the field of indie folk. She's an artist with a voice and a story that sticks with you long after the sounds dissolve.
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