Indy Yelich has returned with a new single, ‘East Coast’. It marks her first new music since her 2023 debut EP Threads. According to a press release, the songs finds the New Zealand-born singer-songwriter drawing inspiration from none other than her sister, Lorde. Listen to it below.
“I wrote East Coast after a toxic on-and-off relationship finally came to an end,” Yelich explained in a statement. “I had been traveling back and forth from NY to LA every couple of weeks, and it was taking a toll on me. Arguments over the phone, codependency across two coasts, and I just had this moment where I was driving along the PCH with friends and I was getting all these long text messages, and I just felt like throwing my phone out the window. I was in my early twenties, but he wanted me to be such a grownup, and I just wanted to be free and to create music that I love.”
“While I have such a strong sense of identity in New York, I’m sacrificing that peace to go to California consistently to pursue a career,” she added. “East Coast is an ode to saying goodbye to something that no longer serves you.”