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Anna Thoresen Turns Heartbreak Into Hypnotic Pop on “VOODOO DOLL”
You can almost see it: a dimly lit bedroom in New Jersey, sunlight filtering through blinds, a melody looping endlessly in a young artist’s mind. This is where Anna Thoresen wrote the chorus to her new single, “VOODOO DOLL”, a song that transforms the ache of mistreatment into raw, hypnotic pop. The track fuses infectious hooks with the emotional intensity of rock and the soulful depth of R&B, creating a soundscape where frustration, heartbreak, and empowerment collide.
“VOODOO DOLL is a song about being exhausted by mistreatment and finally wanting your partner to feel the same hurt they put you through. Writing it was an incredible emotional release for me, and I hope listeners find that same sense of catharsis in it,” Anna says, her voice as candid as the lyrics themselves.
From the moment the first note drops, listeners are drawn into a world of hypnotic energy. Driving rhythms pulse beneath layers of soaring harmonies, each chord carrying the weight of vulnerability transformed into strength. What begins as personal pain becomes collective power—an anthem for anyone who has felt worn down, overlooked, or underestimated.
Finished in her LA home studio, “VOODOO DOLL” is a sonic exorcism. The track’s pop melodies loop in your mind while its rock-tinged intensity and R&B soul hit somewhere deeper—between the chest and the gut, where emotion lives. Anna doesn’t just tell her story—she pulls listeners inside it, letting them feel every sting, every spark, every flicker of empowerment that comes from reclaiming one’s voice.
By the end, the hypnotic chorus leaves its mark. Anna Thoresen doesn’t just sing her truth; she makes you live it with her.
What if the world isn’t too loud… what if it’s just your head?
Brno-based duo 2AP – Two Alien Planets tackle that familiar feeling in their new single “Sweet Harmony”: a warm, guitar-driven alternative track about finding your way back to the present when your mind refuses to switch off.
It starts with a bright guitar riff and Lenka K.’s airy soprano, sounding almost like a breath of fresh air. Then the song begins to expand. Guitars gather momentum, the rhythm lifts, and Jarek H.’s warm baritone joins the picture.
By the final chorus, it’s no longer one voice trying to quiet the noise. It’s two voices finding their way through it together.
And that’s where “Sweet Harmony” really hits.
The lyrics balance simple, beautiful things — wind, sunshine, rain, a strand of hair in the breeze — against a much less peaceful inner landscape: a “stormy brain,” angry birds and snakes of grief.
There are no wellness clichés here. No promise that everything suddenly becomes fine.
Instead, the song suggests something more realistic: maybe the beauty is already there. We just have to hear it.
Musically, 2AP blend the melodic warmth of alternative pop-rock with a cinematic indie atmosphere. It’s dreamy without drifting away, emotional without becoming gloomy, and driven by the chemistry between Lenka’s soprano and Jarek’s baritone.
Think 90s/2000s alternative warmth meeting contemporary indie songwriting, with enough guitar to keep things moving and enough space to let the lyrics breathe.
The artwork captures the same tension: warm flowers behind a dark fence. Beauty on one side. Something getting in the way on the other.
“Sweet Harmony” doesn’t ask you to tear the fence down.
It just asks you to look through it.
3:42 of dreamy guitars, two voices, and one very restless brain.
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