Edie Yvonne Nightmare: a late-night diary from a restless year

Already in her next chapter, Edie Yvonne wrote the doubt straight into Nightmare.

Somewhere between headlines, broken promises, and personal detours, 2025 felt uneasy. Not dramatic enough to scream, but somehow heavy enough to linger. When I saw the title Nightmare, it clicked straight away. This year needed a song that looks you in the eye and admits the doubt without smoothing it over.

That song comes from Edie Yvonne, already in her next chapter.

When laughter sounds rehearsed

Nightmare comes out like a secret page you were never meant to read. The line “I hate it when you laugh, ’cause it’s a laugh track” marks the moment where affection starts to feel staged, and instinct takes over logic. I hear Edie Yvonne trusting her gut, sitting with discomfort instead of explaining it away. When I listen, I hear the song hold suspicion, self-questioning, and that strange loneliness that appears inside a connection that looks fine from the outside.

Three years in, still telling the truth

This release marks three years of consistent writing and releasing for Edie Yvonne, and it shows in the restraint. The arrangement stays close, almost bare, letting the words do the lifting. There’s no rush to resolve the feeling. That choice matters. It mirrors the uncertainty at the heart of the song – unresolved, incredibly close, human.

When I scroll through her Spotify at the end of 2025, I don’t see gaps or pauses. I see Nightmare, Look Me in the Eye, Changed My Mind, Out, I Might. I’ve listen them all up and I discovered this young artist showing up again and again, letting each song mark time instead of waiting for the “right moment.”

Looking ahead, eyes open

Nightmare sits on the road toward her next EP, Look Me in the Eye. On Dial is already in motion, which tells me she’s not stopping to second-guess every step. At the end of a long year, that matters. Songs written while things are still messy usually age better than the ones polished to death, right?

About Edie Yvonne

Edie Yvonne writes and releases songs the way most people her age post thoughts they’ll delete an hour later. She’s based in Los Angeles, she shows up often, and she keeps putting work out instead of hanging around for the perfect moment. The songs deal with people, power, doubt, and the inevitable mess that sits inside relationships.

Before music took over, Edie Yvonne spent time acting in short films. Which probably explains why her writing feels direct rather than performed – she’s paying attention, she’s learning in real time, adjusting as she goes. She’s building her voice one release at a time, and if you follow closely, you can hear it change.

Find out more about Edie Yvonne on her Instagram, Spotify, TikTok or YouTube – stalk her releases, watch her grow, watch her fight her own instincts on camera and in the booth. Make yourself comfortable for a new year to come, because if 2025 taught us anything, it’s that the best songs are the ones that don’t let you look away.

I keep a lot of these songs nearby — you’ll find them in the Groover City HIGHLIGHTS playlist below: