Katie Reid returns in with her newest melancholy indie single Clouds, released today – Thursday, March 6th.
Katie Reid is a Scottish/Australian indie singer/songwriter and is a hidden wonder of Sydney’s Inner West. Katie Reid got her start in music by providing backing vocals for legends like Guy Sebastian, Christine Anu and Perth rapper Drapht, and since then, she’s woven strong ties with other Australian bands, performing on the tours of Joan & the Giants, PEPTALK and Little Quirks. She also caught eyes in the ‘The Great Southern Song Competition’ for her song Healing, earning herself first place. Katie released her indie rock breakup anthem 6 Feet Under in October 2024 with a sold out single launch at the Butcher’s Brew Bar.
Katie’s new single Clouds is a pensive piece of soft indie pop. Its understated, warm guitar introduction melts into something more complex with soft percussion and swelling strings. Katie’s voice strikes a balance between dreamy and mournful as it moves through her anxieties towards moving cities after a breakup. This was song was created on a plane journey from Perth to Sydney, it explores the fear of the unknown and the pressures of trying to please those
around you. The weight of her pain underpins the song, giving it an addictive bittersweet aftertaste.
Katie shares her story behind the song as “Clouds started as a poem I wrote on a plane as I was flying over the great
Australian bite, I looked out of the window and saw the ocean and clouds and felt overwhelmed with fear of moving from one place to another but also a strange calmness. I wrote about not allowing myself to stay still, reflect, or being present with the people closest to me. When I settled into my new life in Sydney I started writing music to my little plane poem.”
