With production heavily laden in soaring strings and floating harmonies, Olive Louise's music has been associated with the dream pop and indie folk.
The latest single Special was written about an amalgamation of experiences where she felt nervous and out of place and had wished she could feel comfortable as herself rather than instantly wishing to leave.
Olive confides,
I created this character in the song, this perfect person, that comes along, understands how I'm feeling, and says "let's go look at the view" because that's what I had almost always wished for in those times.
Olive's music is haunting and heroic. Olive Louise is for the time traveler, the wanderer and those hungry for real storytelling and adventure.
Olive's poetic lyrics feel so intimate it's as though she is speaking directly to you. My father used to tell me,
you don't paint apples red or flowers more vibrant
and that is always in the forefront of my mind. I don't want my imperfections washed out. You can be soft and have grit.
Sporting a Victorian-like disheveled au natural
look, her visual world is eerily nostalgic.
The events in my life have forced me through so many huge changes. I never could have seen my life going the way it has. It's had a profound effect on what I resonate with. I understand not fitting in and moving around and trying to make sense of things without time to, and so that's the imagery I'm drawn to and the music I write reflects my lived experience.
Silence is available through all streaming platforms.