I must confess, if anyone can show me how to let go of things that aren’t good for me—or at least how to resist the pull of sinking deeper—how to keep moving, smiling, and feeling stronger, I would embrace them for a lifetime. “Sometimes the hardest thing isn’t losing someone—it’s knowing when to stop trying to hold on.” That’s the heart of “Hang Up, Move On,” a collaboration between Naomi Jane, PARKER, and Nataan, a track that pulses with the tension of distance, misalignment, and the inevitable end of something once beloved. It’s a song about the conversations that repeat like a skipping record, the moments that linger long after they should have faded, and the pain of knowing that sometimes, closure isn’t found in an answer, but in the silence that follows.
Their meeting wasn’t premeditated—it was a serendipitous clash of energies at Prodigy Camp, a songwriting retreat where raw talent collides with unfiltered emotion. Naomi and PARKER first sketched the blueprint of the song in the hushed corners of late-night writing sessions, their words unraveling the unraveling of a love stretched too thin. When they brought it to Nataan, he saw not just a song, but a story that needed space to breathe. “I wasn’t there when it was first written,” he recalls, “but when they played it for me, I knew exactly where it needed to go.”
“I personally connect with the lyric, ‘Driving down the PCH trying to make a man out myself,’” Naomi shares. “It captures that strange mix of self-discovery and self-destruction when you’re trying to outrun something you know you can’t fix.”
“The magic really happens because of how our different styles come together.”
For PARKER, the song is an echo of real moments, shaped by the ache of letting go. “The line ‘My city lost an angel, and now it’s hot as hell’—that one stuck with me,” he says. “It’s a metaphor, but it’s also real. When someone leaves, everything shifts. The whole world feels different.”We can only agree, having felt this feeling as well. Nothing stays the same, and where the sun once painted the colorful lights, a strange emptiness remains.
And Nataan? He lets the soundscape do the talking. “The phone call section—it was a moment we almost didn’t include. But then we realized it was the missing piece. It made everything feel more real, more raw.”
And so, “Hang Up, Move On” isn’t just about a long-distance relationship—it’s about the spaces between people, the unanswered messages, the ghost of a voice that lingers in your head. It’s about finally hitting ‘end call’ and choosing to walk away. And maybe, just maybe, it’s about learning how to keep moving forward.
Listen to the release here: ffm.to/hangupmoveon
photography: press courtesy
