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Costs A Lot

from Crybaby by Nicole Ariana

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With the release of her new single “Costs a Lot,” Halifax-based songwriter and Alt-RnB/Pop artist, Nicole Ariana says that there are two sides to every break-up and it’s just a matter of perspective as to whether you see it as a loss or an opportunity. But even opportunities have their cost.

Co-written with Breagh Isabel, “Costs a Lot” takes a looks at the toll that a relationship can take, and what it takes to come back from it.

“Costs a Lot” was written on the edge of a precipice. The single is practically a tug-of-war over the outcome of a relationship as the song works out “what’s best” for Nicole Ariana. Two weeks after the song was written, she and her boyfriend of four years would be broken up.

“He was on tour and things just felt so distant. I had a session with my good friend Breagh Isabel and this song just came pouring out of me,” says Nicole Ariana. “When I got to her home studio, I vented to her about the situation. Then Breagh played a jazzy RnB track she had started producing for the session with my artist project in mind, and ‘Costs a Lot’ was born.”

Despite the sombre tones the song gives off, for Nicole Ariana, it represents a necessary change that would be the first step towards a period of personal growth.

“I love that it’s raw and written straight from the heart, with another female who I have known my whole life. It feels very special to me,” says Ariana. “Even though it was a hard thing to go through, I’m much happier now, and I know my ex is too. Sometimes things don’t work out as planned, but every relationship is a lesson and opportunity to grow. There’s still a lot of love there.

“I love a good breakup song. We’ve all been through the motions of heartbreak and they can be so relatable and just what you need when you’re in the depths of one. It may not always be the best remedy, but I am a self-proclaimed sad girl.”

-Alex Cook, The East

(www.theeastmag.com/2021/11/05/premiere-nicole-ariana-asks-if-love-is-free-then-why-does-it-feels-like-it-costs-a-lot/)

lyrics

I don’t need no therapy
Talkin won’t do it for me
I just wanna find a way to feel

Try so hard to keep it tame
On the weekend I just fade away
Run and hide and find a place to play

Say you want what’s best for me
You don’t know what’s best for me
They keep saying love is free
But it sure feels like it costs a lot

Say you want what’s best for me
You just want the parts you need
They say that good love is free
But it sure feels like it costs a lot

Thought that you were what I need
Til I showed the weaker side of me
Turns out you don’t like reality, no

You close me up just like a centrefold
Hide your feelings, while I bear it all
Cut me out and hang me on the wall

Say you want what’s best for me
You don’t know what’s best for me
They keep saying love is free
But it sure feels like it costs a lot

Say you want what’s best for me
You just want the parts you need
They say that good love is free
But it sure feels like it costs a lot

credits

from Crybaby, track released November 5, 2021
Written by Nicole Ariana & Breagh Isabel
Produced by Breagh Isabel
Mastered by Corey Lerue

Music Video Directed by Nicole Ariana & Gavin MacLean (Gaz)
Shot & Edited by Gavin MacLean
Watch here: youtu.be/BJQG--6sqBI

Special thanks to Lisa & Bill at The Tidal Bore Inn & Olivia MacDonald (@honey.moon.vintage) for performance wardrobe.

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