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    Wonder If U Care

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    "Wonder If U Care"
    Single by Flyingfish
    from the EP Isolation
    ReleasedApril 28, 2023 (2023-04-28)
    Recorded2023
    Genre
    • Shoegaze[1]
    • Alternative rock[2]
    Length2:14
    LabelSelf-released
    Songwriter(s)Flyingfish
    Producer(s)Flyingfish
    Flyingfish singles chronology
    "Wonder If U Care"
    (2023)     		"Brown Eyes"
    (2023)

    "Wonder If U Care" (stylized in lowercase) is the debut single by American musician Flyingfish. It was self-released on April 28, 2023.[3] It is the opening track and only single from his debut EP, Isolation, self-released on May 2.[4]

    Background and composition[edit]

    "Wonder If U Care" is an instrumental shoegaze song.[1] It was the first song Flyingfish ever released onto major streaming platforms, and he was only 15 years old at the time. He created the song entirely on FL Studio, using MIDI guitars and drums rather than physical instruments.[1] Prior to the song's release, Flyingfish posted several snippets of it to his TikTok page, often in the form of meme slideshows with the song playing in the background. These videos garnered thousands of views and built an unexpectedly large amount of anticipation for the song's release, and, as stated by Abby Kenna of Ones to Watch, "quickly hook[ed] the indie community on the ambient rage of the guitar instrumental".[5] He posted the song to SoundCloud shortly after seeing its popularity on TikTok, and after continued success on SoundCloud, he bought a DistroKid subscription to release the song to major streaming platforms.[6] Following its release, "Wonder if U Care" continued to go viral online, and was added to numerous Spotify editorial playlists such as Shoegaze Now, Lorem, All New Indie, and IRL Angel.[5] As of December 2023, it has amassed over 13 million streams on Spotify and over 212,000 TikTok videos. It peaked at number 25 on Billboard's TikTok Top 50 chart.

    Reception[edit]

    Eli Enis of Stereogum called the song's Internet virality "jaw-dropping to observe". He cited its popularity, as well as that of songs like "Your Face" by Wisp and "Life Imitates Life" by Quannnic, as driving forces behind the resurgence of shoegaze music in 2023, which he felt was "producing some of the most inventive music in the genre’s history".[1] Abby Kenna of Ones to Watch compared the sound of Flyingfish's music to that of bands like Deftones and Loathe.[5]

    References[edit]

    1. ^ a b c d "TikTok Has Made Shoegaze Bigger Than Ever". December 18, 2023.
    2. ^ "About "flyingfish" on Genius".
    3. ^ "Wonder If U Care - Single by flyingfish on Apple Music". April 28, 2023 – via music.apple.com.
    4. ^ "Isolation - EP by flyingfish on Apple Music". May 2, 2023 – via music.apple.com.
    5. ^ a b c "Ones To Watch". Ones to Watch.
    6. ^ "HISTORY OF FLYINGFISH (DOCUMENTARY)" – via www.youtube.com.
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