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Don't come closer, because I might hurt you boy / You don't deserve it, I treat you like a toy.Inch So sings 28-year-old South East London musician Tatyana on InchIt's OverInch, a sad and squelchy electro-leaning earworm about desire, loss and grey-area relationships. Much of second album It's Over is like this bright, weird, danceable electronics paired with lyrics about frustration, anger and confusion. This notion of 'dancing through the pain' is a dichotomy that Tatyana leans into regularly. It's part of her personality InchI think people are afraid of being hurt and I'm the opposite,Inch she says, simply. InchI'm like, hurt me, because that's where real life happens. You can never protect yourself from everything.Inch If you've heard Tatyana's name before, it's probably because she released a debut album back in 2022, Treat Me Right, co-produced with Metronomy's Joe Mount. Looking back, Tatyana describes this debut record as more of a collaboration, as opposed to a full portrait of herself as an artist. For It's Over, Tatyana took control of every aspect of the album's creation, from the production (she co-produced alongside Mikko Gordon) to the artwork and the specific technology she used throughout (KORG plug-ins, like one of her favourite artists Maurice Fulton, and Elektron synths, like The Knife). InchThe first record I made was a very different process. I didn't have the confidence to produce a record on my own,Inch she says today. InchThis record made me technically proficient because I really pushed myself. I figured out a lot of things that I didn't know before. In the past, I made every mistake. I allowed others to lead the charge and I'm not doing that any more.Inch Primarily written and produced over the summer of '23, It's Over follows the loose trajectory of a not-quite-relationship from the year before, and the push-pull emotions that came with i
