Paige – “tragedy” review: tender guitar, tough truth about one-sided love
New Zealand artist Paige strips things back on “tragedy”: soft guitar, close-miked vocals, and a plain-spoken confession about wanting someone who’s already drifting away.
It’s the third preview from her upcoming paigesspace project.
The song starts with hush and space; acoustic chords under a voice that sounds like it’s being said to one person.
As the arrangement fills in, the delivery stays gentle, which softens what she’s actually admitting: “I need you more than you need me.”
That tension is the point; the sound is soothing while the story isn’t.
Paige has already explained the frame: it’s about holding on through a one-sided relationship, feeling the other person let go, and staying anyway because being without them feels worse.
Heard against the intimate production, lines about giving “until you’re empty” land like afterthoughts you finally say out loud.
There’s a thoughtful rollout around it. The single arrived 12 September 2025 on major platforms under Paige’s Sony NZ deal, with a lyric video up now and a full video set on a replica of her childhood bedroom due 19 September.
If you’ve followed Paige since King Clown, this fits her lane: delicate melodies, direct emotion, no wasted moves.
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