CHELSEA BERMAN

                                                             "Going There" 

                                                              RTC Records

Since debuting with her iTunes charting Better Than Ever EP in 2018, Australia’s Chelsea Berman has seen her career blossom in so many massive ways that it has created a substantial amount of buzz surrounding her as she’s earned the distinction as one to watch.

Her resume highlights already include being a finalist in the Toyota Star Maker at the Tamworth Country Music Festival, six figure streaming numbers for her previous releases “Kiss Me Like You Miss Me, “Tastes Like a Hangover,” and “Break Up With a Friend,” and her single “Can You Just Not” landing inside the KIX Country Top 20.

She now segues into a fresh take on her familiar style with the incorporation of pop production elements that lean into her ultra-modern country sound, landing at the highly anticipated release of “Going There.” 

Co-written by Chelsea with Lydia Sutherland and Aaron Pollock, the insatiable pop laden backbeat immediately tickles your ears with its production loops and an injection of airy elements that secure your investment into the song, as Chelsea then slides her crisp voice over the mix to embrace the lyrics as she wraps them around you.

Confessing that she thought she was ready to see her ex again and that running into him at the bar wouldn’t get her right back to making bad decisions, we quickly see that to be a lie she’s telling herself as her walls immediately crumble when he shows up and her heart begins to flutter.

Painting the clear picture of exactly how she knows the night out with her friends will go, she sings through the second verse:

“Going there in the same dress

At that same table with the same friends

Knowing damn well when you walk in, you’ll say hi

In an hour you’ll be by my side

Hand on my thigh in the  back of the cab”

Though there are countless songs that pull from a similar subject matter, what makes this one so intriguing is the full blame that she places on herself rather than pointing it at him like so many others are doing right now.

Asking herself “why do I keep going there?” while admitting that his sweet talk ain’t that sweet, that his feelings aren’t that deep, and that she knows he’s no good for her, adds a pure, honest emotion to the lyric that instantly connects to so many people who run back to an ex for the comfort factor even though they know in their heart where it’s all going to end up.

As if Chelsea Berman didn’t already have a solid enough buzz around her, “Going There” sees her stretching the boundaries of her comfort zone to effectively shift her style into a song that will earn her crossover success between the pop and country markets while landing her another highlight tick on her glowing resume.

(Review Written By: Jeffrey Kurtis) 

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