Bri Clark Release New Emotional Track “Waiting”
Upcoming Perth singer songwriter Bri Clark has just released her latest new album “Waiting”, an emotional alt-pop album about love, heartache, and the corporeal grind of living with chronic illness.
Bri released her breakthrough single ‘Giving Up’ in 2018, emerging from a two year hiatus spent focussing on her health after being diagnosed with Lupus; an unpredictable and enduring autoimmune disease. This time away from the regular artist’s cycle not only provided Bri with a newfangled appreciation of self-care and accessibility in the music industry, but also an invaluable period of creative incubation, where Bri found herself writing incessantly as a means to process her emotions and the constant changes within her body. ‘Giving Up’ is Clark’s gut-wrenchingly candid first offering unearthed from this metamorphosis.
Riding the cumulative wake of its well-received predecessors ‘Giving Up’ was lauded with an instantaneous and lasting reception. The single secured airplay on triple j and community radio stations across the country and was launched with a sold out run of East Coast performances. Ahead of its release, ‘Giving Up’ was also shortlisted for the 2018 Vanda & Young Songwriting Competition that would quickly become the catalyst for Clark’s esteemed songwriting career.
‘Waiting’ was written in spring 2019 following a turbulent breakup, the release sees the emboldened balladeer honing her most honest and raw offerings to date. This song was never originally intended to see the light of day as it was written as a means for Bri to process her own trauma, but now Bri Clark is eagerly waiting in the wings to unveil her emancipating debut that chronicles the exquisite ache of love lost and acceptance gained in an emotional yet necessary purgatory catharsis.
In 2018 Bri was selected for the APRA AMCOS SongHubs initiative, performing an exclusive songwriters showcase at BIGSOUND and attending a series of intensive songwriting boot camps curated by the likes of Robert Conley (2018), Georgina McAvenna (The Tower, 2019), and PJ Harding (The Tower, 2021). She was the first ever recipient of the APRA AMCOS Female Mentorship program, being mentored by Mark Lizotte (Diesel) in the songwriting category before becoming a mentor herself in 2021 for APRA’s inaugural SongGeneration program. In the last year alone, 12 of Bri’s songs have been released by the likes of Dami Im, AYA YVES, and Sarah Saint James for her TikTok hit ‘Mad at God’. She has had four Vanda & Young shortlisted songs in the last three years, and has confirmed songwriting credits on the upcoming sophomore record from indie-pop heavyweight, Vera Blue.The dark-pop nuances and hard-hitting production throughout the track create a song that you cannot stop listening to as you dive into Bri’s experience of grieving a dysphoric relationship.
Waiting is an ambitious, bold and vital debut from a truly uncompromising local talent. As much a breakup album as it is a breaking in album, the release will undoubtedly plaster Bri Clark’s name to the top of the most revered ones-to-watch lists.
We can’t wait to see where Bri Clark takes us next!
