Sienna Spiro – You Stole The Show

London-based singer/songwriter SIENNA SPIRO releases her new single “You Stole the Show.”

Out now via Capitol Records, the 19-year-old’s latest is a soulful ballad with a haunting narrative set to piano and strings — minimal in production, but maximal in emotional impact.

SIENNA debuted “You Stole the Show” supporting Teddy Swims on his US tour this month, sitting down at the piano each night for a show-stopping rendition of the song. She has also brought her spellbinding live presence to at-home audiences of late.

Following the May release of “Dream Police” — a darkly charged but exhilarating track inspired in part by Christopher Nolan’s surreal sci-fi action film Inception — “You Stole the Show” further brings SIENNA’s bold new era into view. As she explains, the new song has a captivating and heartwrenching meta-narrative of its own.

“‘You Stole the Show’ explores the idea of performance — not just as an artist, but also as a person and the various ways we ‘perform’ in our own lives,” says SIENNA. “The song was inspired by a moment I had during my last tour when I realized that so many of my songs are about a person who isn’t part of my life anymore. During each show, I would try to imagine being back in the moment I wrote the songs about — to sing them with the most conviction and emotion. In doing that, I became overwhelmed by the very thought of him being in the audience each night and I would fantasize about what I hoped or imagined would happen if he actually was.”

Produced by SIENNA’s long-term collaborators Yakob (Kali Uchis, 6LACK) and Eddie Lopes, “You Stole the Show” opens on heavy cinematic strings that part to reveal her evocative vocal and the poignant piano. She sets the scene immediately: “You stole the show, got a standing ovation / I lost control from the stage, from your face and / You don’t say hello, I can’t wait, I’m impatient.” As SIENNA’s voice soars and dives with the score, she drifts into fantasy, wishing to be back in his arms but safe this time. All the same, even her dream ends in crushing disappointment: “Before we get closer / I ask if you love me, and you just… shrug your shoulders.”

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