Ayelle

We often only understand the value of something when it begins to slip through our fingers. It’s a lesson most of us learn the hard way at some point in life. Painful, yes. But sometimes also clarifying. A reminder to pay closer attention, to care more deeply, to move differently. With Higherselflove, Ayelle turns this realisation into music — exploring what it means to rebuild trust with yourself after things fall apart.

“The more I step into my authentic self, the easier it is becoming for me to uphold my boundaries, but sometimes it’s still incredibly hard, and sometimes I still forget myself and give away my power. But I keep trying to come back to the commitment I’ve made to myself.” After around two years we catch up with singer Ayelle again to talk about her beautiful new song “Girlfriend”, that is about learning to set boundaries in relationships and redefining what it means to be a girlfriend.

From the very first sounds, the new single Breaking & Healing by Swedish-Iranian singer and songwriter Ayelle has me under its spell. It’s probably exactly the song I need right now for the circumstances I am in, and it gives me the strength I was hoping for. And isn’t that exactly what music has to try to do sometimes?

“Even though a lot of my songs contain controversial and confrontational lyrics there always seems to be a seductive undertone to them, whether or not I intended for it to…