Unrequited Love: Taylor D to release 11th single ‘Wasting all my love’

The trials of unrequited love take centre stage in the new single from 17- year-old Clondalkin musician Taylor D, and the song will be released this Valentine’s Day.

The talented performer, who is a fifth year student in Coláiste Bríde, lists Olivia Rodrigo and Ed Sheeran as key influences for her musical output.

Taylor D’s new single, ‘Wasting All My Love’, is her first release in 2023 and follows on from an exciting 2022 that saw her win First Choice Radio’s Unsigned Music Show’s Artist of the Year.

On the cusp of releasing her eleventh single, Taylor D told The Echo about what it’s like to balance her music career with schoolwork, the perils of unrequited love, and she shared details about her upcoming EP.

What is it like to balance schoolwork with your burgeoning music career?

My school, Coláiste Bríde, has been so supportive of my music.

They are always willing to share my journey on their Twitter and they get me to perform at every school celebration.

So far, it has been easy to juggle school and music life.

My priority is and always will be schoolwork, so it’s important to be organised.

Weekends and mid-terms free up a lot of time and this is normally when I schedule a studio for recording.

I’m due back at the studio to record the second single from the EP on our February mid-term break.

Can you remember how you felt when you released your first single?

My first single that I released was a Christmas melody called ‘Here’s to a Merry Christmas’.

I only released it on YouTube as I didn’t have a Spotify or Apple profile at the time.

Within a week it had over 1,000 views on YouTube – without any promotion.

It got its first radio airplay the next week on GCR radio by a DJ called Robbie Kane.

He loved it so much he added it to their radio playlist.

I was ecstatic!

I knew after all that excitement that I wanted to keep doing this.

How does it compare to how you feel now, on the cusp of releasing your new single ‘Wasting All My Love’?

‘Wasting All My Love’ is my eleventh release and is a revamp of an earlier song I wrote.

I feel confident that people will enjoy the track, as I feel that my lyrics and style, and also my voice, have matured immensely since my very first release.

How did you feel when you first heard the final version of ‘Wasting All My Love’?

When I heard the finished track, I had a moment of nostalgia, thinking of how far I’ve come as a musician since I had first written the song.

The song is about unrequited love, why was this a topic that you chose to cover in your music?

As teenagers, we’ve all been there, be it a boyfriend or a celebrity crush!

It’s quite a regular topic amongst my peers over lunch or just hanging out.

Most of the rom-com movies are about it.

Watching Tom Holland in ‘Spiderman’ was actually my spark for the song.

So, Tom Holland has a song written about him, and he doesn’t even know it!

What reaction do you hope it will get from listeners?

The track is being released on Valentine’s Day, as I think it’s a perfect song for the day and I’m hoping people will use it in their playlists.

This is the first release from your upcoming EP ‘Fan Girl’.

When are you planning to release the EP and what is the concept behind it?

The concept behind ‘Fan Girl’ was actually inspired by a recent Vamps concert.

There were lots of screaming girls, including myself, and I thought to myself, ‘This is going to be so relatable to every girl that has ever gone to their idol’s concert’.

The second song of the same title, ‘Fan Girl’, will be released closer to summer.

The whole EP will be released in autumn.

‘Wasting All My Love’ will be out on all streaming platforms on February 14 and can be presaved on Spotify.

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