This time around/
You can be anyone.

Helen Stellar’s “Io” is a truly unique song. I’ll start off with the most obvious first. There is only one line in the song, but they sing it many different ways. I think this really makes the lyric hit home—maybe more so than a Dylanesque song—with the complicated lyrics, that requires hours to unpack.

You can imagine the background to Helen Stellar’s “Io”. I imagine a girl who screwed up her life, but is a good person at heart, and her older brother is telling her to leave this small town and go be someone different in the big city. (I expect royalties when a movie uses this).

“Io” is not just a gimmick. I am not even sure that I noticed the repeating lyrics the first time I heard it—the music and vocal was that good. I love the piano at the beginning that sounds so delicate that turns into a hardcore rock song into the end.

The addition and crescendo of drums as the song goes on really rocks. Additionally, the bass playing sixteenth notes sounds like the beat of a heart. There is so much attention to detail in the production of this song. I was an instant fan of it.

Io Lyrics

This time around, x 4

You can be anyone,
This time around,
This love of ours,

This time around, x2

You can be anyone, x4