Song You Need: SiR bursts with joy on “Nothing Even Matters”

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On 2019’s Chasing Summer, SiR looked inward for darker and emotionally rich stories to tell. He’s stressed that his music doesn’t tell his “exact truth,” since he wants certain things to remain private, but on songs like “John Redcorn,” where he crumbles under the weight of unrequited love, and “Still Blue,” it’s hard not to wonder where the truth starts to melt into fiction. SiR’s confessional style is detailed, but not overbearing, offering a warm and vulnerable perspective that’s in search of understanding rather than serving his own hedonism. In OkayPlayer’s September cover story, SiR talked about his intention to maintain the same transparency he’s had on his upcoming album. “It was my therapy almost, because I had nothing else to do,” he said. “All I had was music and my home life.”

“Nothing Even Matters,” his latest single, makes good on that promise. On this song, SiR sounds ready to burst with joy while singing about his wife. “Oh, you make me wanna be a better man,” he sounds off with horns trailing behind him. The SamTrax-produced song is more immediately in-your-face than the murky beats that populated Chasing Summer, but it doesn’t depart from the Earth-toned grooves that the Inglewood singer prefers. He's got me ready to send my girl an old-fashioned love letter.