Erin LeCount is a tour de force on viral hit ‘Silver Spoon’.
The internet lost its mind when first played a clip of Erin LeCount’s ‘Silver Spoon’, and with good reason. As the single drops in full, it’s clear the songwriter has crafted something truly special.
Erin LeCount cuts a lonely figure as she arrives over the sparse, plunging tones of ‘Silver Spoon’. “I’ll watch and learn from afar,” the 22-year-old accepts as she weeds her heart and touches up lipstick in preparation for a partner’s family garden party.
It may seem a touch on the melodramatic, but the cinematic story that unwinds over four minutes and 14 seconds sees LeCount touch on the past, present and the future. A hugely ambitious release for a first solo single in over a year, it’s a triumphant success that may just mark the rising star as the artist to watch in 2025.
Self-written and self-produced, the Essex-born singer has weaved an alchemy into the track, which had the TikTok community in a trance when debuted last year. The views came in their hundreds of thousands, music lovers having their heads turned by an artist mixing the worlds of Lana Del Rey and Ethel Cain with an ear for a radio hit.
Lyricism throughout ‘Silver Spoon’ comes dense and loaded. The type of single that will have listeners picking out a new piece of LeCount on every listen, its craftmanship could inspire a whole university dissertation.
The single’s storyline tracks the star’s struggles to connect with a partner whose upbringing is at odds with her own childhood. Even before stepping into that party, there’s a nod to generational trauma - “I wish I’d known you when you were younger, before lovers,” she coos.
It doesn’t take long for the track to spill into an ethereal chorus, LeCount dancing around the thoughts swirling in her head. From jealousy to vulnerability, it’s a painful piece of music the singer has released into the world - “You ask about kids, I don’t know if I’m able,” she confesses at its crux.
Yet, as LeCount grapples with her past and future, there’s a quiet optimism to her musings and an intrigue to the new world opening up in front of her. “I hope I throw a party in a house of my own one day,” the artist lets slip out amid her anxiety.
As the artist reaches her 45-second outro, the star briefly kills the track’s production before ‘Silver Spoons’ transcends into its climax. “Just feed me love and give it time,” LeCount pleads.
10/10
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