The Painful Pain Of Sade Susanto In Single Solitude: This Is A Broken Heart Song I Write As It Is!

Sade Susanto. (ANTARA/JUNE Records)

JAKARTA - A 23-year-old R&B singer, Sade Susanto, has released a new single titled Solitude.

This song is the first expression of heartbreak released by Sade. The lyrics feel fragile, not passionate, but describe all of Sade's sadness about heartbreak and loneliness.

"This song will be the first heartbreak song I'll ever write as it is. There's no such thing, painting sad stories in happier colors. Are there some broken hearts that come not to be brushed off but to be absorbed?" Sade said in a statement quoted by Antara, Sunday, August 22.

Solitude was written by Sade in 2018 when she was just starting a relationship that felt like it was one-sided. She and a man have a relationship where everything seems to be fine, but deep down Sade knows that something is wrong and is hiding from her and eventually leads them to separate.

Solitude's arrangement is deliberately kept simple and tends to be simple. This was intended to highlight Sade's vocal abilities, assisted by Heston Prasetyo as producer and vocal director.

Solitude is also the first song that Sade designed from the scrap, quite different from the usual way where the producer and beatmaker first provide a blank beat which requires Sade to adjust the lyrics of the song to their arrangement.

For this work, all the basic elements come from Sade herself, from chord selection, lyric writing, song concept.

"Solitude is my favorite song I've written to date," said Sade.

This song is Sade Susanto's third release with JUNI Records, after her two previous singles, U Got Me and Don't Control Me.

"I am always excited every time Sade releases a new song. Sade is always full of surprises, when I listen to the Solitude demo I can immediately memorize it. The hook of this song is easily recorded in my head," said JUNI Records CEO Adryanto Pratono. Solitude can now be heard today on various digital music services.