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we used to be the raincatchers and we couldn't see what we were running from

Raincatchers

will anybody ever care? as much as they don't the universe seems unfair maybe mine is broke

I'm in a dark haze but you will never know what it's like in the shadows you say I'm bound for miserable

so tell me how I'm meant to feel I'm dying to get out of here I wish I was a shooting star burn out as the world admired

I Wish I Was A Shooting Star

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When it first came out in 2023, “Raincatchers” was the only track that really grabbed me — but lately, the whole album has been growing on me in the best way. The more I listen, the more I fall in love with it.

With Portraits, Birdy doesn’t just evolve — she transforms. Gone are the candlelit ballads and autumnal pianos of her earlier work. In their place: glimmering synths, sculpted vocals, and a bold theatricality that announces not just a new era, but a new woman entirely.

From the moment the album opens, there’s a sense that Birdy is staging her own renaissance. Songs like “Raincatchers” and “Heartbreaker” pulse with retro-tinged, cinematic energy — the sound of neon dreams and velvet solitude. It’s as if she’s stepped out of a faded oil painting and into the light of a futurist gallery.

The production is precise, but never sterile. Every beat feels intentional, every synth line a brushstroke. What once was intimate now feels iconic. But make no mistake — Birdy’s emotional core is still intact. It’s just wearing sharper clothes.