Withheld, by Pride Month Barbie

Withheld

by Pride Month Barbie

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‘Withheld’ is the first track written, and coincidentally the first track to be released, by Pride Month Barbie. The song celebrates new love, the burgeoning feelings that transcend the ‘talking phase’, and the alignment felt upon fully and unabashedly embodying one’s truest feelings and desires.

An alluring bass line and lush vocal riffs lead into a confident declaration against holding back and concealing emotions. Washes of interlocking harmonies and bouncing arpeggiated melodies reflect a self-expression that “feels so right” and create a neon battleground for the vocal ensorcellment that swells throughout the song. PMB suggests that if you “want to give love,…jump in and don’t look back.”

Although ‘Withheld’ was not originally imagined as a coming-out track, during their mixing sessions, the band realized how the lyrics could be interpreted. PMB embraces this connotation, the gay agenda, and encourages fans not ‘to conceal what feels so right.’

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released June 22, 2023

Written, produced, performed by Josephine Shetty and Tyler Holmes.
Mixed by Josephine Shetty and Tyler Holmes.
Mastered by John Tejada.

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Pride Month Barbie Los Angeles, California

Pride Month Barbie is an L.A. synth-pop duo formed in 2022 by Tyler Holmes and Josephine Shetty.

You can’t spell Pride Month Barbie without ‘Demon’.

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