Spine Candy

✨ PENTHOUSE ✨
Out everywhere June 6 🥀

Danielle here,
I wrote this song from the ground—
literally, emotionally.
Wondering what it’s like “up there”…
In the penthouse.
In the place people go when they arrive.
But also, the place they go when they leave you behind.

It’s about distance. Longing.
Curiosity. Envy.
About the stories we tell ourselves
When someone else seems to have it all.

But maybe what we’re really craving…
is to feel invited.

🖤 This one’s for anyone who’s ever felt small looking up
and still brave enough to ask,
“Maybe invite me… for a song?”

Jesse—the other mastermind behind Spine Candy—heard the lyrics and melody and immediately felt where to take the production.
We kept it stripped: piano, bass, drums, and layered synths that echo the emotional depth of the song without overshadowing the vocals.

We created a sonic space that feels like what it means to long for something you can’t quite touch.

Lyrics, photography & graphic design:

Instrumentation, production & mastering: