Hi Carley, welcome to VQS! Tell us a little bit about you and your music.
Hi! My name is Carley Varley (this is my real name) and I am a full-time acoustic musician based in Bournemouth. I love to gig and creat music – I began by busking on the streets of Lymington before playing inside venues. After gaining confidence I decided to enter festivals and competitions. In 2018 I won The Venus Award for Musical Talent and in 2019 I reached the finals of Open Mic UK. This made me decide to go for music full-time and pursue my passion. I released my first EP Captured Memories in 2019 and in 2020 I released the first single to my EP Seasons, titled ‘Since You Left.’ I love to encourage other musicians and in my spare time I love baking and spending time with my dogs Obi and Chester.

Congrats on the release! What was your inspiration when you were writing this song?
So, I wrote this song for my friend. The love of her life left and gave her no closure and so I wanted to give her a song of reflection. I connected with the song too whilst I was writing it and I hope it gets people thinking and reminiscing.

What is your vision for this song? What lessons would you like to impart with your audience?
My vision was for people to listen to it, sing along and feel better about their situation. I grew up listening to Evanescence, Paramore and Linkin Park, singing their songs always related to me and helped me through situations. I wanted to make the song easy listening and almost slow so that the listener can connect with it well. I would like it to teach people that its okay to feel pain and be sad, its okay to miss someone.