New Music Review - ‘Every Excuse’ by Shady Wade
Every Excuse by Shady Wade was released on the 24th of October 2025.
Photo, provided: Shady Wade
The long-awaited new single from Christchurch’s much-valued Shady Wade has finally dropped into the world for endless rotation as of Friday.
Every Excuse is a heartfelt piece, warming you up from the inside out, trying to tame the swirling thoughts that flow when you’re unable to be creative due to circumstances beyond your control.
For Shady, the timeframe within Every Excuse came about during the covid lockdowns, feeling isolated and not knowing what the next day would hold.
Inspiration was low at the best of times during covid, however, throughout the track, we get to climb into Shady’s head and watch as the clock keeps ticking towards ultimate realisation of how to change that lack of being able to hone into his art of writing.
Upon the messy and rawness of reflection, Shady pairs ultra-realistic lyrics with vocals that are used to tell such an understanding of this time period. The dominant storytelling in Every Excuse of course, is a major basis of the tune, and in the end, Shady comes to the conclusion that there are always ways around the roadblocks in front of you, whether it be physical, or in this case, a mindset block.
At the closing out of Every Excuse, Shady comes to realise that your outlet of artistry in terms of music can go from being stuck to unstuck, and you can find inspiration from sources that are right in front of you, even they didn’t occur to you immediately.
Shady’s relation to music also helps to build connections with others - including forming stronger bonds with friends, family and of course, his audience. It is that understanding that comes across as having the ability to be able to break down the walls of what we can control in life and that in itself? That is downright meaningful.
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