"Bicycle Boy" by Toria Rainey is a tender exploration of memory and survival

Toria Rainey's new single, "Bicycle Boy," comes with a quiet energy, like an unshakeable memory. The track draws on pop yet has something infinitely more personal. It is soft and introspective, but at its heart, honest. The song then flows into a meditation on freedom, memory, and the questions that arise in the wake of tragedy. 

ainey looks at the difficulty in surviving something so personal, that tension of trying to remember and reimagine that memory just to move past it. The story feels hugely intimate as though every line is carefully deliberating what could be said, or not. The most amazing thing about it is how "Bicycle Boy" creates space for uncertainty.

It allows you to sit in silence, wondering, and to listen to the echoes of what has happened, whether those who perpetrated it think about it. This holds back the song, lending it a poignancy that feels emotional and authentic. Toria Rainey invites us to reflect and reminisce. "Bicycle Boy" still sounds like a significant milestone on an evolving path, and getting this out there has been both cathartic and restorative.

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