Today marks a special moment in my creative journey — the official release of the music video for the Reboot version of “Follow Your Heart,” one of the centerpiece tracks from my latest full-length album, Volume One (I Left You Before You Could Leave Me) Reimagined.
This isn’t just a simple remix or a visual companion. It’s a rebirth — a deliberate reboot of a song that never quite found its home in its original form. When I first released Follow Your Heart on my debut album back in January, it lived in the world of indie pop: bright, melodic, and emotionally forward. It had its charm, but when I began crafting this Reimagined album, it became clear that the original version didn’t sit comfortably beside the other tracks.
Even after experimenting with remixes, something still felt off. The melody carried a certain optimism that clashed with the atmospheric melancholy and cohesion I was building throughout the new record. So I did something I rarely do — I started over completely.
The Reboot version of Follow Your Heart, along with its sister track, the Digital Dream Mix, represents my commitment to maintaining the sonic and emotional integrity of this album. Both tracks were stripped down to their emotional essence and rebuilt with textures that better fit the reflective, cinematic tone of the new Volume One (I Left You Before You Could Leave Me) Reimagined. I didn’t want them to sound like leftovers from another era of my artistry — I wanted them to belong here, in this new world I was creating.
Follow Your Heart was born from one of my poems of the same name. That poem became a narrative vessel for an emotional story, a lens through which I could explore the fragile intersection of love, trust, and self-sabotage.
“You said you never intend
to stop being my friend;
But you lied when you let our friendship end.”
Those opening lines came to me as a kind of ghost dialogue — two people locked in a cycle of miscommunication and fear. The poem isn’t about vengeance or sorrow; it’s about the quiet ache of misaligned intentions. The song and its visual interpretation dive deeper into that tension — what happens when logic and love pull in opposite directions, and you’re forced to decide which one wins.
The new music video mirrors this internal struggle through a visual language that blurs the boundary between dream and memory. It’s intentionally ambiguous, more like a feeling than a story — because sometimes the most honest expressions are the ones that refuse to explain themselves.
At its core, Follow Your Heart (Reboot) is about surrendering control — to emotion, to vulnerability, to the art of reinvention. The same theme runs through Volume One (I Left You Before You Could Leave Me) Reimagined. It’s an album about growth, not erasure; about revisiting the past and reshaping it until it finally feels true.
Releasing this music video today feels like closing a loop — and opening another. This version of Follow Your Heart finally aligns with the sound, the story, and the soul of where I am now as an artist.
So, to everyone who’s been on this journey with me: thank you for listening with open hearts. And to those discovering my work for the first time — welcome.
🎥 Watch the new “Follow Your Heart (Reboot Version)” music video now — streaming today on YouTube and Spotify.
