New Music Review - ‘Tip of My Tongue’ by emerson
Tip of My Tongue by emerson was released on 30th May 2025. Cover artwork from emerson’s Spotify
Sending a shockwave of talent throughout the cosmos is Auckland-based artist, emerson, with her sincere new single, Tip of My Tongue, which is two minutes and fifty seconds of pure essential allurement.
emerson delightfully emerged onto the scene in 2024, taking out the title of The Rockquest Solo-Duo winner, something that evidently wasn’t a question for the judges to award her that title, and after discovering emerson’s music recently, it is very easy for me to hear how deserving she is of this win.
Tip of My Tongue seeks to tell a story that is stronger than any teen love story, with emerson proving her maturity and wiseness beyond her years with the way that the track delves into topics that are raw, carefully tread around, and not talked about often enough. (“If I could take all the stitches out, would you notice my, notice my scars? We’ve always had an obsession with stars, so I’ll love, love you from afar”)
Tip of My Tongue is clearly open to interpretation; however, I hear it as a sad love song that occurs from the notion of realising that a relationship potentially isn’t the best next step in a situation as the scars may run deeper by generating something, rather than not starting something. There is a sort of strength in the pain coming through each well-thought-out lyric that emerson allows to flow from her vibrant vocalism that tangles you up and leads the intensity inside to become unblocked.
Tip of My Tongue is accompanied with level-headed lyricism, remarkable harmonies and ethereal strums from an acoustic guitar that features prominently and shifts the emotion of the song to an even higher level to engage and tunes you into what the song is trying to convey. Pure honesty and heavy in depth.
emerson’s music has this traditional charm that is like a lighthouse, directing you towards the land, allowing you to find the lightness in a situation, even when it feels like you’re lost in the water and the boat is sinking. The lighthouse in this metaphor is an inviting one, where emerson is saying “the door is open for you when you get here, let’s talk about this feeling that we have in common, it will be okay because we can confide in each other and be the other one who understands.”
All in all, love lost can always be found again (even if it’s not the same person) and that put simply, is pure magic.
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