Soulful, poetic, and deeply personal, Amancia introduces herself to the world with her debut single “Breathing in Water”.
Written back in 2012 when she was just 17-years-old, the song reflects the innocent, dreamlike ideas of love that a young girl once held. It captures a moment in time—a fairytale version of romance imagined by someone who was still figuring out what love could be.
“It was a metaphor for how impossible love felt for me at that age,” Amancia explains. With all the hallmarks of classic R&B, rendered with a kind of subtle and minimal production style, “Breathing In Water” is both sultry and sensitive.
The bare rhythmic bones of this track allow for Amancia’s honey-lipped falsettos to shine, and while the hook starts to feel a little repetitive at times, perhaps lacking compositional depth, Amancia proves herself a poet at heart with this emotive first offering.
