23-year-old Jacobsen, aka Tedious & Brief, recently released “Not That Deep”. The song is a break-up song, which Jacobsen said, “My husband came to me with the opening lyrics of the song. He’s a studio drummer and every session he played that week was for songs touching on the subject of a person who broke the writer’s heart. He thought to himself, ‘What does it look like once you’re done grieving and you’re ready to move on? You’ll look back at your catalog of music and realize you’ve been writing about the same person and now you’re sick of giving them that attention, So that’s what we wrote about.”

Not That Deep,” the new single by alt-pop act Tedious & Brief, chronicles the clarity we all get after letting someone go; the ultimate sign of moving on. Ever wonder if your ex’s tweet was actually about you? Did you obsess over it for days on end, fighting the urge to text them to find out? And did you finally realize it ultimately doesn’t matter? That’s what “Not That Deep” is all about—it’s a post-post-breakup song for those who have finally made it to the “acceptance” stage of their grief. It’s realizing that someone no longer has power over you and taking control back for yourself.

23 year-old native from Chicago Jamie Jacobsen, better known as her music moniker Tedious & Brief has released a new single called “Not That Deep”. On “Not That Deep,” Jamie takes a deep-dive into a break-up story that’s not even her own. Jamie shares, “My husband came to me with the opening lyrics of the song, I’m tired of singing your songs. I thought they were for me, but turns out they were yours all along.’ He’s a studio drummer and every session he played on that week was for songs touching on the subject of a person who broke the writer’s heart. He thought to himself…’”

On ‘Not That Deep,’ Jacobsen does go deep…into a break-up story that’s not even her own. “My husband came to me with the opening lyrics of the song,” shares Jacobsen. “He’s a studio drummer and every session he played that week was for songs touching on the subject of a person who broke the writer’s heart. He thought to himself, ‘What does it look like once you’re done grieving and you’re ready to move on? You’ll look back at your catalog of music and realize you’ve been writing about the same person and now you’re sick of giving them that attention, So that’s what we wrote about.

It is easy to write those breakup songs when the heartache is fresh and real, but what happens once the artist gets over the breakup and is then forced to relive it by performing the slate of songs over and over. The artistic struggle is a complex one and this song has a bit of fun with that by bringing to the forefront the meaning behind such tracks. Tedious & Brief do a masterful job of putting a unique twist on a well-worn subject.

Indie alt-pop artist Jamie Jacobsen, better known as Tedious & Brief, drops groovy track “Not That Deep,” a lush sonic exploration of moving on from heartbreak. With tongue-in-cheek song writing driven by smooth guitars, booming beats and husky vocals, the hazy offering sees Jacobsen dive into a break-up story from the perspective of a person who is coming out of the bitter phase of lost love, letting go of any power an ex has over them. Highly relatable and empowering, the inspiration for the anthemic track came from…