British blues rock phenomenon Joanne Shaw Taylor digs deep on her latest single, ‘Look What I’ve Become’ – A haunting reflection on addiction, isolation, and the moment of choosing whether to fight or let go.
The single, out now via Joe Bonamassa’s Journeyman Records, blends minor-key blues intensity with the cinematic sweep of a Bond theme, anchoring some of Taylor’s most confessional songwriting and driving it home with her incredible signature guitar tone.
“My bones have grown so old, the world is only cold,” she sings over gritty, shadow-drenched guitar tones, capturing a soul in reckoning. With a voice both weary and defiant, she delivers the devastating refrain: “Don’t miss me when I’m gone, I’m nothing now but numb.”
“This one’s about hitting that crossroads,” Taylor said. “It’s about the moment where you either change everything or disappear. The lyrics came from a very honest place – And I wanted the music to match that intensity.”
With a stridently powerful orchestrated anthemic orchestrated force, Joanne Shaw Taylor’s new single ‘Look What I’ve Become’ is a charged emotional tale of self-redemption – It’s like Bessie Smith whispered in Taylor’s ear while Paul Kossoff played alongside offering her spiritual direction.
‘Look What I’ve Become’ is available on digital platforms here and you can check out the video below.
The single continues the electrifying rollout for her forthcoming album Black & Gold that previously the release of the powerful ‘What Are You Gonna Do Now?’ . A song born from personal experience it finds the singer/guitarist at her most fearless and unfiltered, turning past pain into a searing blues rock anthem of defiance and closure.
“I was unfortunate enough some years ago to have a brief relationship with a terrible narcissist,” Joanne revealed. “I’ve never really spoken much about it and certainly never addressed it in my music. For anyone who’s ever been in that position, you’ll understand how damaging that kind of mental abuse can be. I think I’ve never been brave enough to write about them before as I was genuinely scared of them. I’m not now – Screw them. If you don’t want someone to write a song about you being a terrible person, don’t be a terrible person.”
Driven by a relentless groove and razor-sharp lyricism, “What Are You Gonna Do Now?” tears through deception and manipulation with unshakable confidence. Taylor’s commanding vocals cut through the mix as she sings, “Here you come again, with a story to spin. I just woke up screaming from a nightmare you had me believing.” An unmistakable declaration that she’s taken back control.
Swift chopping guitars swing through ‘What Are You Gonna Do Now?’ with power chords coming in redemptively on the hook line chant-mantra questioning of a chorus in a song that gives weight to soul and rock stylings in equal measure.
Set for release on 6th June, Black & Gold is said to blend the grit of classic blues-rock with modern influences, spanning soulful Americana to high-voltage indie-rock.
Tracks featured are ‘Hold Of My Heart’, ‘All The Things I Said’, ‘Black & Gold’, ‘Who’s Gonna Love Me Now?’, ‘I Gotta Stop Letting You Let Me Down’, ‘Summer Love’, ‘Grayer Shade Of Blue’, ‘Hell Of A Good Time’, ‘Look What I’ve Become’, ‘What Are You Gonna Do Now?’ and ‘Love Lives Here’.
