The new single from her second album Set Her Free, Tiny Spaces really highlights the reasons behind Alayna‘s success as a streaming artist over the past few years.

With a lush production that elevates the organic use of “real” instruments, Tiny Spaces shows why Alayna is attracting fans from across some very diverse genres. This track hits home for a whole plethora of reasons – and ’tis my honour to explain why. And how.

Alayna has a beautiful, rounded soprano that can dip into mezzo and up to the highest reaches of the scale effortlessly and without the slightest jarring. This is my way of telling you she has RANGE. It’s not just that though. To be a long-term success in this extreme industry you need to have a signature timbre. Think Adele. Gaga. P!nk. All recognisable before the second syllable. I got this vibe from Alayna‘s vocal straight away. Folks gonna KNOW this girl!

Why is this important? It allows the vocalist to play around with genres. To blend them. To mould. All anchored by the unmistakable timbre of said artist. The orchestration on Tiny Spaces shows that Alayna can hit it out of the park when she does this too.

A pop ballad with a nice, middle tempo, driven along by some sweet and subtle bottom end. This is rich and velvety without getting muddy or thick. We’ve got some layered guitars too – acoustic and electric. Great volume and effects balancing done on these warm them up and give us a thoroughly lush backing track. A sweet, non-sugary melody is carried with swagger by Alayna, with some suitably subtle BVs at the right points. Very well thought through and I find it impossible to consider if this track might be anything other than obscenely successful.

Honourable mentions go to producers and songwriters Chelsea Warner (Australia), Micah Premnath (LA), Ryan Linvill (LA) Emma Rosen (LA/Bali), Zaire Koalo (LA), Trevor Brown (LA), Oak Felder (Bali) Serban Cazan (Bali) Coleridge Tillman (Bali), VRON (LA), Chelsea Lena (LA) and Ben Malone (NZ) – who she wrote the majority of the album with.

The music vid is gorgeous. It’s how I like a vid to be. Not overly cluttered with imagery or gimicky SFX stuff, just beautifully lit and tells us what it aims to tell us. I won’t go further into spoilers – just check in out on youTube.

What’s the track about? From the EPK:

“‘Tiny Spaces’ feels like the sunset of the album,” says Alayna, “a triumphant celebration of the love that exists within all of us and encapsulates the album as a whole. I wanted this album to go on journeys within journeys – of self-love, romantic love, and love in womanhood, and celebrate the capacity of the heart of a woman. ‘Tiny Spaces’ feels like the true setting free, of understanding love a bit better, and realising I’m completely held in it. This understanding helps me love better – myself, in relationships, in family. Past, present and future.”

This is going to air on telly and radio all over. This will be on the commercial channels, student and regional channels, and I have no doubt the same overseas. I can’t see this being anything other than a monster hit. My prediction is a NZ national chart topper.

Go check it out – see if you agree. 🙂