The lead singer and guitarist Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir of, Of Monsters and Men, just released her debut solo single titled, “Godzilla,” through Republic Records. The track was written and produced by Nanna while Nanna’s close friend Bjarni Jensson and Ragnar Porhallsson helped with recording the track.
According to Nanna, the song “captures a very specific time in my life when I felt quite disoriented and didn’t have a clear path in my direction, Like a snowstorm it felt chaotic and calm at the same time.” She continued to say, “It started out with a guitar pick that I would play over and over again in the long nights of winter. The concept of the song was inspired by the early Godzilla classics. I somehow resonated and felt empathetic with this big monstrous thing on the screen. I felt that Godzilla, while being so destructive, ultimately means well and simply wants to exist but finds itself in a world in which it doesn’t belong. It’s about feeling out of place, like a villain in a story, yet having someone rooting for you when you’ve made a big mess.”
Nanna shared the video for the solo single Godzilla on YouTube as well as digital outlets.
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