Let Me Fall

VANNA

Produced by Roy Avital of Tel Aviv based indie-electronic trio Garden City Movement and mastered by Matt Colton (James Blake, Muse, Coldplay), Let Me Fall is an ambient-folktronica song about letting yourself fall completely in love, and embracing the vulnerability that comes along with that. “When you fall in love, you expose yourself to getting hurt. It’s an endless paradox. When you let someone enter your inner world, you’re allowing them to gently break down your walls and then amazing things can happen.”, shares VANNA, “I was scared that one day I’d lose this feeling, and when it really happened I felt so alone trying to move on. This is the risk you take for falling in love.”

VANNA builds up the energy from the verses to the choruses, culminating in the bridge. “And all I could ever ask is to be someone else / To know what I am for you to feel that you want me too / And I wanna clear my head I don’t wanna be so scared / To leave all my fears behind / To know you’re on my side”, she sings, before releasing all that tension in the final instrumental drop.

VANNA tells the story about how she wrote the song: “At one of my gigs I did a cover of RY X’s Deliverance, adding a minimal beat and playing on my keyboard. When I finished singing the cover I kept going with the beat and sang a new song, which became Let Me Fall. It was a special moment. After I finished singing I told the audience that I felt like a rapper improvising lyrics on the go. I said I hoped that someone in the audience recorded it because this would become my new song.”

A music video accompanies the release of this single, directed by award-winning independent filmmaker Matan Balalty and French-Israeli artist Noémie Dahan, shot at the Beit Talal In Jaffa featuring four professional contemporary dancers.

“Let Me Fall showcases a beautiful performance filled with passionate songwriting and energy so fun you’ll be humming and singing along in no time” - Keep Walking Music

“Let Me Fall is perfect for television. This is the type of tune that would be in the running for a James Bond movie soundtrack placing but would ultimately be pushed aside in favour of a more mainstream name (like Adele) at the last minute. This is a high level tune, the production is A grade and VANNA’s vocals are sublime. I take great pride in unearthing work like this. I’m fairly certain that people would absolutely fall in love with this tune if they heard it.” - The Sound Sniffer

What is the story behind your new single Let Me Fall?

When you fall in love, you expose yourself to getting hurt. It’s an endless paradox. When you let someone enter your inner world, you’re allowing them to gently break down your walls and then amazing things can happen. I was scared that one day I’d lose this feeling, and when it really happened I felt so alone trying to move on. This is the risk you take for falling in love. This song is about letting go of that fear, embracing that vulnerability, and letting yourself fall in love completely.

How did you write this song?

At one of my gigs I did a cover of RY X’s Deliverance, adding a minimal beat and playing on my keyboard. When I finished singing the cover I kept going with the beat and sang a new song, which became Let Me Fall. It was a special moment. After I finished singing I told the audience that I felt like a rapper improvising lyrics on the go. I said I hoped that someone in the audience recorded it because this would become my new song. So yeah, I can thank RY X for inspiring me!

What’s your favourite part of the song?

The bridge leading up to the instrumental break at the end of the song, I feel that these parts are the climax of the song musically. Singing the high notes and building up the tension before the release of the instrumental drop. It really symbolizes the freedom of falling in love, when you are letting go and you stop being afraid of getting hurt, and you just open up your heart to fulfill this feeling completely.

What makes this song special to you?

This is one of my more upbeat songs, and for the first time, I was trying to get out of my comfort zone, to sing high notes. Before, I was scared of singing loud or high notes, and this song reflects the personal progress I had made. After years of lacking confidence, my voice teacher made me realize that it’s OK to sing high, to sing open, to be more out there with my voice and to stop hiding it with low notes. Since then I discovered a whole new range for my voice and how I can use it to add deeper layers to my music.

What did you want to share with your audience through this song?

I feel that this song reflected the emotional process I had in relationships - from all the dark sides of being scared of getting hurt, through to the amazing feeling of falling in love. Musically, it’s really about building up the energy from the verses to the choruses, culminating in the bridge and releasing all that tension in the final instrumental drop, letting go of being scared all the time.

[Verse 1]
You’re the you’re the one you’re the one
That I took there with me
Let me fall let me fall
Cause I’ve never thought it would be

[Pre-Chorus]
All the cracks in my head all the cracks in my mind
All the smiles on my face all the time that I tried
To move on

[Chorus]
At least I have the answer
To feel something inside
To see I have nobody
To sit under the moon

[Verse 2]
You’re the you’re the one you’re the one
That I took there with me
Let me fall let me fall
Cause I’ve never thought it would be

[Pre-Chorus]
All the holes in my thoughts all the space in your heart
All the smiles on my face all the time that I tried
To move on

[Chorus]
At least I have the answer
To feel something inside
To see I have nobody
To sit under the moon

[Bridge]
And all I could’ve ever ask is to be someone else
To know what I am for you to feel that you want me too
And I wanna clear my head I don’t wanna be so scared
To leave all my fears behind
To know you’re on my side