Last Updated on 2025-11-20 by a-indie
Pain Hidden Behind a Smile
And “Hard Habit to Break” is delivered with the utmost “gap.” While carrying the heavy theme of alcohol dependency, the melody is surprisingly light.
And you tell me to try, I did
I can’t win when I’m running the game
So, you’re asking me why I live like I’ve already gone insane
I tell you it’s a hard habit to break
This contrasting light and dark between melody and lyrics is like pain hidden behind a smile, and personally, I felt a very endearing emotion.
Explosion of Suppressed Emotions and Founding of an Ideal Land
The EP explodes suppressed emotions in the final title track “Jordanaland.”
And if I wanted more, would that be such a crime?
Still do my very best to be the utmost kind
Because it’s all for me
The win, the scandal and the fall for me
Here, she no longer holds back. She clearly articulates her desires in the real world, her serious ambitions.
In contrast, in the outro, ‘Jordanaland’ is founded under Jordana’s quirky and gentle manifesto.
I’ll lead us all into outer space, yeah
I’ll mandate everybody be naked
My VP’s gonna be Luther Vandross
‘Jordanaland’ is a symbol of an escape filled with absolute love and healing, without hurt or pain, that may exist in everyone’s heart.
The repeatedly bright phrase “Jordana, you can-a!” sounded like an innocent yet powerful declaration affirming her own ideal land.
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Jordana Album Release
EP ‘Jordanaland’
Release Date: November 7, 2024
Label: Grand Jury Music
Produced by: Charlie Kilgore, Julian Kaufman (MICHELLE)
Mixed by: Olli Jacobs (Kendrick Lamar, beabadoobee), David Pizzimenti (Ella Mai, Ed Sheeran, Travis Scott)
Track List:
1. Burning Me Down
2. Like That
3. Still Do
4. Blouse
5. I Wanna Be
6. Hard Habit to Break
7. Jordanaland
View on Bandcamp
Jordana Artist Profile
Jordana is a 25-year-old singer-songwriter who started her career from a bedroom in Kansas and has always expressed her unique “place” through music. Through her 2020 debut ‘Classical Notions…’, collaboration with TV Girl ‘Summer’s Over’, and 2024’s ‘Lively Premonitions’, she has built a solid reputation.
Writer: Wakiki
A BayStars fan who loves coffee, tobacco, and music. Based in Mie Prefecture. Articles written so far can be found here
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