Tender by Kaela

Tender is a playful, endearing dance track where I sing phrases of empathy and encouragement, both to myself and to the listener. It's a song about emergence—embracing your own vulnerability, and accepting yourself exactly as you are. After the vocal-synth melody kicks off the song, I sing “Your tender self, dying to be loved,” a line I imagine the trees, rocks, animals, and stars singing to me – all resonating with sympathy for my human emotional fragility, praising and not mocking my
beautiful inner softness. The drum beat makes me want to move, and I am compelled to dance as freely as possible until I sing “Do what you wanna honey” several times, a message that I can share authentically now that I am embodied and embracing myself in my own skin. It is liberating to admit it. We all want to be loved, what is more true than that?

Singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer Kaela hails from Los Angeles.

A classically trained pianist and skilled synthesist, she works out of her studio, blending analog tools and modern techniques to craft her sound.

Her debut album, Supraliminal, unveils a deeply imagined universe of shimmering synthesizers, multi-dimensional instruments and transcendental vocals.

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