Wildes – new single ‘Wipe Away The Tears (feat. Tonguetied)’ out now

London artist WILDES (Ella Walker) has today shared new track ‘Wipe Away The Tears’ feat. Tonguetied. 

‘Wipe Away The Tears’ conjures a kind of shimmering mist where WILDES’ voice cuts through the delirium, before seeming to surrender to it. It walks the line between fantasy and reality. Drawn from the aftermath of a relationship, she began writing it when her ex appeared for all the world to be doing better than ever on social media; the truth of his feelings was now unknowable to her, far beyond her reach. Ella explains: “A direct address to a very important relationship, Wipe Away the Tears asks many questions I never actually received answers for. Radio silence often prompts confusion and curiosity, especially when the person in question was so significant in your life. Co-written and produced with Elena Garcia (Tonguetied), this song exudes the hurt, anger and chaos of this relationship as it was being taken away from me”.

“Tell me something, tell me straight / If you’re so scared of losing me / You cut me off despite your face / Do you like to numb the pain?”

WILDES has confirmed a headline show in London in July, with more dates to be announced soon.

Friday 11 July – The Lower Third – TICKETS

WILDES found meteoric success as a 19-year-old with her debut single ‘Bare’. A preternaturally gifted singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, her voice cast a long, unforgettable silhouette across haunting musical landscapes. She would go on to release two highly acclaimed EPs, ‘Let You Go’ and ‘Illuminate’, which won the West London artist streams in the tens of millions; she would be mentioned in the same breath as London Grammar, Mazzy Star and PJ Harvey. Walker’s reimagining of ‘Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right” even caught the attention of Bob Dylan himself, who passed on his compliments and invited her to his show. ‘Other Words Fail Me’, her debut album in 2022, announced WILDES’ coming of age: a breakup record written long before the breakup itself. Stark and radically vulnerable, its creation allowed her to reclaim not only her artistic autonomy after a legal deadlock, but her autonomy, too, following her escape from a suffocating relationship.

WILDES’ new album is in the works and will be announced soon.