That Sombr is one of the big breakout stars of the last year is clear just by looking at the global charts, where the New York artist places up to four songs in the top 200. Although the public can’t get enough of ‘we never dated’, his most recent releases have also performed wonderfully, especially ‘homewrecker’, while ‘My Body Isn’t Ready’ is beginning to consolidate and continues on the charts almost a month after its release.
‘My Body Isn’t Ready’ is another mid-tempo pop-rock signed by Sombr, marked by its melodic strength and nostalgic instrumentation that refers to the end of the 90s and early 2000s. So nostalgic, in fact, that its verses are clearly reminiscent of Coldplay’s ‘Yellow’, to the point that the resemblance becomes suspicious. For a few seconds it almost feels like you’re listening to the Coldplay classic before you realize it’s a different song.
Comparisons overcome, Sombr delivers another single with anthem potential, not only for the melodic punch of its chorus, but also for the message of ‘My Body Isn’t Ready’, which forges today’s Song of the Day.
The chorus alludes directly to insecurity with one’s own body: “I like you, but my body is not ready / I want you, but the mirror won’t let me / I try to be the person you expect me to be, but I’m not ready.” Sombr thus signs an anthem about body dysmorphia and self-esteem that will connect with anyone who has ever felt uncomfortable in their own skin.
The background of ‘My Body Isn’t Ready’ is, of course, romantic, although it is told from that feeling of insecurity, which even leads Shane Boose to fantasize about becoming someone else: “If I could get out of my own skin, would you let me?” he asks, before longing for a return to a simpler world: “If we could be like those kids again, maybe I could swim.” We remember very few male artists who have sung so honestly about body dysmorphia. Among them, before Sombr, the great Perfume Genius.
