PREMIERE - Innessa delivers tender, emotional new single, 'Sweet Love'

Russian-born Sunshine Coast singer/songwriter Innessa has delivered a tender folk-based pop single in ‘Sweet Love’, and though it sounds as if it was a conventional love song, the song goes a little deeper than that.

Known for her quirky alternative-pop takes, while blending in elements of traditional Slavic music (Innessa has previously released an album comprised of Russian folk songs), ‘Sweet Love’ showcases Innessa’s vocal control and knack for clever, smooth harmonies, and utilising deep RnB/Pop instrumentation, while driven by soft piano lines.

The single was produced during the pandemic, when live gigs ceased, yet like a large portion of creatives, Innessa could not deny her need to make music, so she joined forces with broadly talented composer, Jan Grman, making for Innessa’s first collaborative effort.

Of the song, Innessa tells that it is a tale of unconditional love and support - something that we all need.

“To tell you a secret, I wrote it for my guitar - my dearest kindred spirit, my soul friend, who has been with me for many years, through dark and bright times!” Innessa confesses.

This Sweet Love Innessa refers to may be for anyone or anything: a spouse, or best friend, a Higher Spirit, or it can even be the love for one’s own inner self.

“Too often we forget to be friends with ourselves. We try to do our best to help others, forgetting about being kind and loving to ourselves.”

The beautiful discovery Innessa has recently made is that she does not need anyone's approval or to seek anyone's support – she can be her own best friend.

To accompany the single, Innessa developed a music video, all filmed on an iPhone, providing the backdrop to the song, and showing a sedate drive to Mooloolaba Beach that keeps to the atmosphere of intended intimacy and candid closeness that Innessa wanted to convey in her song.

An intimacy that one reserves to share with one’s best friend or soul mate!

‘Sweet Love’ is available from today on all digital platforms.