American singer and songwriter Joshua Golden shares his brand new single St. Louis, Missouri, a heartfelt pop gem about his first love and heartbreak.
Out now via Unconditional, St. Louis, Missouri is a relatable song about heartbreak following a first love but with a positive spin, as it shares a message of healing and looking back on memories spent together and seeing the beauty. Golden shares that just because things didn’t work out it doesn’t mean we have to hate that person, encouraging us to remember why we loved that person in the first place and wishing them the best. A heartfelt storytelling flawlessly conveyed through Golden’s stunning vocals which radiate so much soul and emotion that instantly made me feel each and every word he sings. Backing his lovely vocals we have delicate acoustic guitar plucks and warm rhythms that come together to create an overall warm, intimate atmosphere perfect to give you the feels in no time.
I wrote this song about my first love/heartbreak. Even though it has been years, an experience like that, leaves a deep impression. I can still remember every detail like it was yesterday. From how we used to watch Seinfeld in our shitty apartment, to the first time I told her I love her at the Baldwin Park in St Louis.
But this song isn’t just about heartbreak and an old flame. It’s about healing and looking back on those memories and seeing the beauty. That’s what healing is. Too often we think we’re supposed to hate our exes, but healing is remembering why you loved that person in the first place and wishing them the best. Just because you didn’t end up together, doesn’t make the time you had any less beautiful. So yes, our first love sometimes cuts the deepest, but it can also be filled with the most lessons.
I recognized that no matter where I am in the world, or who I’m with, there is still a part of me with her on my old couch in my hometown St Louis, Missouri.
Accompanying the release, Joshua shares its official music video, directed by Elliot Simpson, which beautifully enhances the song’s emotionally-charged storytelling.
