Blessing our speakers is singer-songwriter and versatile recording artist Rosaic, the brainchild of Cathy Nguyen, with a fresh twist on love songs in her latest single, "Forever Valentine."
Cathy, the voice behind Rosaic, crafts songs that resonate deeply with listeners by weaving tales of love and longing drawn from the pages of old journals. She's created an artistic concept of a time-traveling girl who finds her mother’s old journals and reads all about her heartbreaks and escapades in her 20s.
Her artistic journey goes beyond music, involving interconnected music videos and an accompanying blog showing pages from the journals. The new single, "Forever Valentine," is a particularly important part of this saga, capturing the essence of an endless search for timeless love.
The song is a compelling and heartfelt story of persistence and passion in pursuit of love. With its lush electric guitars and atmospheric production, the track offers a modern yet timeless sound reminiscent of the 80s yet entirely new. Its arrangement combines the best of both worlds with contemporary pop sensibilities and a hint of classic romance.
Cathy's vocal delivery is both intimate and comprehensive, holding the listener in a warm embrace of melodic storytelling. As she explores the highs and lows of romance in her 20s, her soft vocals continue to yearn for someone special that stays on her mind—asking questions like will they love me when I'm old? Will they weather any storm with me?
If you're in search of the perfect tune for your end-of-summer days, find it with Rosaic's newest single, "Forever Valentine," now available on all digital streaming platforms.
Welcome to Buzz, Rosaic! The emotional depth of "Forever Valentine" is truly captivating. What inspired you to explore such a deeply personal theme in this song?
I was just in a place of loneliness and feeling conflicted about it because I finally had a level of self love which I always wanted, and good friendships around but still felt like that particular type of intimacy was missing and wasn’t sure why it was so hard for me - someone with a lot of love - to find it. It was quite a dark time but I’m over it now luckily haha.
"Forever Valentine" has such a distinctive sound, blending elements of city pop with modern vibes. Can you share more about how you developed this unique sound and style?
Yes so I could’ve just left it as an acoustic sad song but I thought it would be cool to add some drums in anyway to give it a bit of a groove. My first single “Mona Lisa” was very city pop influenced so this second single was more of a chilled back vibe.
The narrative that "Forever Valentine" is part of is super intriguing. What inspired you to delve into the concept of a time-traveling girl who finds her mother’s old journals?
Ah yes thank you it’s quite an interesting narrative but basically each single I release in the Rosaic world follows a story of a time travelling girl watching her mother go through these heartbreaks and life experiences, and she’s watching them and experiencing these emotions through her journal and songs but she can’t intervene with the timeline - I wanted something to do something really creative with my music - make it all Art, like an anime almost. So the girl you see on the single covers is the time travelling daughter and she is holding the journal and wearing headphones and she is scattered around different cities in the world. Life imitates art, this could happen one day in the future - someone I know could find all my journals and read all my stories. I was playing on the idea of that.
What was the creative process like for developing the music and lyrics for "Forever Valentine"? Were there any particular challenges you faced during this process?
I had the chorus written first but honestly the verses were hardest to write. My producer Adam had to help me think of a melody but once we got the electric guitar out the lyrics started pouring out.
What do you hope listeners take away from "Forever Valentine"? Is there a particular message or feeling you want to evoke through this song?
I hope people out there can relate to it and know that there is light at the end of the tunnel, the truth is, whilst we’re looking for that “forever valentine” we forget that we are our OWN forever valentines. The longest relationship you will ever have is the one you have with yourself so it’s important to nurture that and look after yourself, and know that even in your lowest moments you are still loved. Someone is out there waiting to fall in love with you, I believe it.
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