Written, produced, and recorded by Venus Anon herself, Shoulder is her latest genre-bending anthem. Landing as her first release of the year and cementing why the trailblazer, after only two years of musical timeline, has received Swedish Grammy nominations, the single spearheads what will be her 2024 EP, yet to be announced. With this just-released track, the artist marks her return to music and consolidates her presence on the international music scene after taking a brief hiatus to home in on her craft.
Shoulder, her latest release, which comes along with a music video, is a vibrant upbeat single that pays testament to her ingenious creativity. “This song is about violence! And it's a bop. Much love,” Venus shared with her followers just on social media a few days ago, while announcing the release date of this track, which creates a seamless duality between the sprightly production and weighted narrative navigating codependency. “Shoulder comes from the weight of carrying someone else’s history—a burden that never seems to lighten. It’s about the quiet anger of bearing what isn’t yours and the unshakeable feeling that some cycles never end.”
Setting the tone for her upcoming EP Catharsis, entirely crafted by Venus, Shoulder encapsulates elements of dance, pop, and R&B, and it's sprinkled with a playful cowbell that drives the track forward. The singer, who during her teenage years was deeply embedded in Stockholm's underground and queer scene and has performed across the whole of the Nordics, including Way Out West in Gothenburg, Power Pose Festival in Umeå, and by:Larm in Oslo, sold-out shows in the UK, and been praised by several critics, establishes herself as an independent force to be reckoned with.