Tedious & Brief releases punchy new single ‘Not That Deep’ — She Makes Music

Tedious & Brief, the indie alt-pop artist whose real name is Jamie Jacobsen, is releasing her newest single, ‘Not That Deep.’ 

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. ‘Not That Deep’ comes from the perspective of a person who’s done thinking about that passive tweet; who’s ready to burn the shirt they were bought, who’s over writing songs about their heartache, and—most of all—is done letting someone else have power over them.”  

Jacobsen is a 23-year-old from Chicago’s south side, and she’s as gritty and stubborn as her roots might suggest. Her thoughtful blend of commercial-ready, groove-oriented, indie-alt pop reflects an existential mind who’s not used to thinking inside boxes. And yet, her tongue-in-cheek songwriting makes her delightfully relatable. 

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