by alex grainger
photo courtesy of avery lynch
Avery Lynch dropped her new song “i’m sorry if i hurt u sometimes” on June 24th. The single tells the story of the realization that a relationship is not all that it seems to be in your head. The vulnerability in her gentle melodious voice pulls at our heart strings in an apologetic song that is incredibly relatable. Read more about “i’m sorry if i hurt u sometimes” and Avery Lynch below!
Can you tell us what “i’m sorry if i hurt u sometimes” is about?
Avery: "‘i’m sorry if i hurt u sometimes’ is about the realization that the relationship you planned on being in forever isn't what you want anymore, and looking back, it was never really what you made it out to be in your head. It's essentially an apology to that person for hurting them by taking away the plans you both made, and for hurting them in the process of realizing you want other things.”
What was the creative process behind the song? I know you post snippets of your compositions on TikTok, did this song originate as one of those videos? Or has the song yet to grace the TikTok sphere?
Avery: “I originally wrote the first verse kind of randomly when I sat down at the piano one night and I loved it and thought it was really different from my writing before so I ran with it and finished the song that week. I haven’t posted much about it on TikTok, just some snippets here and there.”
Is there a message you are sending to listeners of “i’m sorry if i hurt u sometimes?”
Avery: “Just that this sort of thing happens all the time and so many people feel the guilt of ending relationships you thought you’d be in forever. It’s also easy to feel like the process of figuring that out for yourself was hurting the person you were with, cause it probably was. But it’s overall just something people can relate to.”
Do you have a favorite lyric in the song, one that is especially meaningful or powerful?
Avery: “I really like the line ‘crossed the line before the bridge and now it’s burning slow.’ When I wrote it I didn’t know if it would even make sense to people but I kept it in anyway ‘cause it makes sense to me. To me that’s about the saying ‘we’ll cross that bridge when we get there,’ but I crossed the finish line of the relationship before we could ever reach the bridge and now that bridge is burning. It’s a lot of sayings in one, so it’s kinda confusing but I love it.”
How would you describe your sound? How has it developed since you began composing at the age of eight to your latest release?
Avery: “I feel like my sound is in a weird transition period where I don’t even know what it is. I love the tone and energy of the mid-tempo songs I’ve been creating, but I also love the soft pretty melodies and sweetness/sadness in the ballads. So I’m kinda doing all of it but I think they go well together.”
“i’m sorry if i hurt u sometimes” is about coming to the realization that a relationship isn’t all that it seems to be. While writing this song, did you look deeper into the relationships in your life and learn anything new on how you viewed them or where they were going?
Avery: “This was about a relationship I had all through high school and into college and it was something I felt during the whole ending of that relationship because I felt so badly for taking away someone else’s future with me that they wanted and centered their life around. The whole beginning of the song is me talking about how everything that person did started to get on my nerves and make me resent them. Those irritated feelings came first in my realization about ending things and that’s why I made that the first verse, cause that’s what started it all. Looking back, I don’t know if I was hurting him in that process but I’m sorry if I did, and that’s what the song’s about ultimately.”
You’re releasing a music video to accompany the single. What was the creative process behind translating the song into visuals?
Avery: “The ‘i’m sorry if i hurt u sometimes’ video is inspired by early 2000s coming of age movies. The song itself is written about a relationship I had during high school and into the beginning of college, and the feeling of the song has that nostalgic movie feeling you get when the main character has a moment to themselves to process whatever happened in the scene before it, and I really wanted to capture that in the video.”
What was your reaction to seeing the finished music video?
Avery: “I haven’t seen it completely finished yet, but I love it, I think it captures everything I wanted the song to convey.”
You have an interesting story of one where you found great success during the throws of the pandemic, where you began posting on TikTok and within the first year had over 328k followers and 6.8 million followers. First, how has this been for you?
Avery: “I’m so grateful for the opportunities that have come from just posting singing videos, it has really changed my life in the best way.”
Do you think you have learned any important lessons as an emerging artist reaching such a level of success during the pandemic? Do you believe this has translated into your music and songwriting?
Avery: “I learned mainly to just keep making music that I love and that means a lot to me because that’s the most important part and everything else will fall into place. I think this has transferred into my music and songwriting by allowing me to open up and be completely honest in my music about my life, and it’s really cool hearing other people say that it’s as if I wrote it about their lives. That’s so cool.”
You were recently featured on the cover of Spotify’s Next Gen Singer-Songwriter playlist. Congrats! What was your reaction?
Avery: “I thought it was a glitch and then read the description saying that the cover features Avery Lynch and then I freaked out. Who knew I’d ever be a cover of anything, what the heck!”
What’s next for you?
Avery: “I have a whole EP that I’m in love with. I’m beyond excited to show people this new chapter of my music, it’s so exciting and it’s everything I hoped it would be.”