Rising trilingual singer-songwriter Yael Danon has released her debut album, Diary Girl today. Alongside the album release, she has also shared the music video for her single, “90 Days”. Listen to the album and watch the video now below.
“When Tommy Torres asked me what I wanted to talk about in this new song I wasn’t quite sure where to start,” Yael said about “90 Days. “We wanted it to be personal and so the question popped up, ‘Yael, is there any guy in your life?’ I told him about my first boyfriend, the typical best-friends-to-lovers story, and how I was scared to date him because I was scared to lose a friend. So, we thought a 90 day trial for the relationship would be a good idea (it was a ridiculous one, I realize that now) and that’s how ‘90 Days’ was born.”
Diary Girl features several collaborators (producers and co-songwriters) including Grammy-winning Tommy Torres, Joel Iglesias, Tal Meltzer, Shai Brander, Max Matluck, and Valentina Rico. The album weaves in and out of several genres, touching on pop, rock, Latin, and alternative sensibilities, and is a compilation of pages from Yael’s diary expressed through music. It covers everything from toxic relationships, anxiety, fear of missing out, and messy breakups, and has a unique storytelling style that allows Yael’s audience to create their own image of each character and story, and connect it to their life events making these relatable.
“Throughout the album I discover myself, through every story of each song is a lesson learned about myself, my emotions, and life,” says Yael. “The album goes through a journey of emotions, I experience first love, my first breakup, start missing my friends and fearing their loss in my life, start to go through more anxiety, and even struggle to let go. Every emotion is felt so deeply and every song makes me feel naked in a way. I thought I wasn’t prepared to expose myself through some of these songs, but today I can say that the best thing that could happen to me is having the opportunity to share my experiences and my lessons with those who are streaming Diary Girl.”