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After garnering international recognition for his songwriting skills, radio plays around the country, and thousands of streams across all platforms, Dylan Dhindsa is returning to the music scene with a new single for those who are stuck in the past. “Raceway” comes out February 6 – just in time for the chill winds of a lonely Valentine’s.
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OutRVA says: “Dylan's genre-bending style flows effortlessly between indie-pop, worship, and soul. He built his performance chops street-singing in Boston, but his songwriting remains rooted in his small-town upbringing — and the inner questions that never quite left.” They go on to say “Dylan Dhindsa is one to watch — not just for his rising star as a musician, but for the compassion, clarity, and courage he brings to every lyric.”
Formerly based in Virginia, Dylan is currently following his dreams in Los Angeles. Sonically reminiscent of a Stick Season (Noah Kahan) and Wishbone (Conan Gray) collaboration, “Raceway” combines folk elements of Dylan’s rural upbringing with a nostalgic pop sound that conjure memories of gray days, long, lonely drives, and shadows of a lost love. This is his fifth single.
Dylan says: “The main inspiration for ‘Raceway’ is unresolved feelings. I feel like it really hurts when something ends and you don’t have closure, you don’t know why it ended, and you don’t know what could have been if it hadn’t ended. I wanted to combine the feeling of nostalgia that comes from my teenage years at home, and also the modern grief that I feel looking back on those experiences and wondering what could have been if things had been different.”
“You can see the raceway on the right-hand side
Driving north on 95
I didn’t realize I was spiraling
‘Til I passed it the fifth time
I guess something keeps me coming back
For tire tracks and stadium lights
The moths and I both reaching for
Something we can’t acquire”
-Dylan Dhindsa, “Raceway”
He goes on to say: “I wanted to capture that feeling of sadness when you finally stop deluding yourself and accept the truth. And with that comes little flutters of hope when you forget the truth for a moment – when you think you see someone that once was special to you out at the grocery store or across the hall.”
“I wrote this song entirely by myself, and I had another Richmond-based producer, Zach Benson, help me out with production and instrumentation. I was heavily inspired by the cold woodsy despair of Noah Kahan, but I wanted to make it my own – adding in a Richmond staple like the raceway and turning my gay heartbreak into a story about loss and recovery.”
Artist Bio:
Dylan Dhindsa (he/him) takes on a new perspective in the world of pop music. Blending the boundaries between “sad girl pop,” indie, worship, and soul, Dylan is influenced by artists like Conan Gray and Semler. He grew up in a small town outside of Richmond, Virginia. After performing in community theater for several of his teenage years, he started writing his own music. He built a name for himself street performing in Boston, and his music focuses on queer identity, growing up, and faith.
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