Eden
Dublin, Ireland
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About the Artist
In the early stages of finding his voice as an artist, singer/songwriter/producer EDEN made only one rule for himself: "make something you'd be proud of even if no one ever hears it" says the Dublin-based 20-year-old otherwise known as Jonathon Ng. With his upcoming EP i think you think too much of me, EDEN channels that passion for innovation into a guitar-heavy take on electronic pop and proves himself an artist of uncompromising originality.On i think you think too much of me, EDEN presents a four-song series that perfectly embodies his confessional yet nervy sensibilities: "sex," "drugs," "and," "rock & roll." "The EP's really about expectations, and how things only mean as much as you want them to," says Ng. "There's also this idea of how, underneath something superficial, there can be something real—it all just depends on your outlook." Along with leading the listener through a journey-like experience, complete with interlacing emotional arcs, that concept-driven artistry serves a deeper purpose for EDEN.Hailed by Consequence of Sound as a "vulnerable synth-tinted pop track that's about so much more than what's happening between the sheets," i think you think too much of me's lead single "sex" earned more than 2.5 million listens across platforms within just a few weeks of its release. The hooky and hypnotic track also won the adoration of Lorde, who posted on EDEN's Facebook wall a few days after its premiere. "i love 'sex' a lot. it does something very simple and intense to my brain," she wrote, then praised the song as aptly "messy and emotional and twitchy."Made alone in his bedroom, i think you think too much of me shows a poetic candidness inspired by such artists as Frank Ocean. "I tend to sing about a lot of stuff that I'd never actually talk about...