Offering a grungier, moodier sound to what we have heard from Eden’s previous work, the track is driven by gritty guitar riffs, punchy drums and her unmistakable vocals, which perfectly mirror the unpredictable emotions she grapples with, as narrated on the song. It’s Always Been Like This is a personal cut, drawn from her own experiences with mental health and being on medication, or lack thereof. It speaks to anyone who has experienced the feeling of losing control, offering a raw and relatable reflection on the cycles that can be hard to escape.

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“I wrote this with Iain Berryman - nicest man, legend + total prod wizard. It’s about coming off my meds and swinging between being a total anxious people pleaser and then also a bit of a twat, and trapping myself in the same cycle over and over. It’s maddening watching the same patterns play out, but there’s something almost empowering about leaning into that darkness. I love a good cry and shame spiral, so this song makes me wanna thrash around or take up jogging or howl at the moon or something when I hear it.” - Eden Rain

One thing you can always count on with Eden Rain’s writing is her ability to tell a story that gives listeners a deeper glimpse into the person behind the music. With her poetic lyrics and a natural talent for storytelling, Eden once again crafts a narrative that draws from her own life, making her artistry a true reflection of herself. With every release, she opens up a little more, sharing a new piece of herself through her music.

It’s Always Been Like This follows Eden’s recent release Who I’ve Touched, which gained significant attention and was featured on major Spotify playlists like Our Generation and New Pop UK. Earlier this month, Eden Rain joined SOFY as a special guest on her UK tour, performing in Manchester, Bristol, London, and Brighton. Delivering four intimate yet powerful sets to her biggest audiences to date, Eden continues to grow her fanbase and profile as one of the most exciting new voices to emerge from Leeds, UK.

Raised in Yorkshire, Eden jokingly describes her early musical upbringing as having a “Von Trapp vibe”, full of long car journeys packed with family sing-alongs to homemade mixtapes, and multi-part harmonies sung with her siblings; “a lovely wholesome relationship with music,” she nods. Having been an avid writer of teenage poetry, she admits with only a mild cringe, it was when she sang Carole King’s ‘You’ve Got A Friend’ at a talent show aged 13 that she began to tie the ideas of writing and performing in her mind. Eden started taking piano lessons and, a couple of years later, began to pen her own music.

If some artists seem to emerge preposterously young and fully-formed, then the fact that it took Eden a while to evolve into the confident artist, sure of her own musical mindset, that she stands as now feels important. She recalls “overthinking it a lot, trying to fit into a niche that already existed” and coming out feeling empty. “The artist I wanna be is a bit rough around the edges - hopefully in a good way,” she continues. “Who I am as a person is a bit of a patchwork quilt of different things. I used to polish myself up for people, but then I looked around and the things that my friends like about me is that I’m a bit frazzled and slightly chaotic; I wanted to lean into that a bit more because that’s more genuinely who I am.”