Orion Sun is transcendent. On her self-titled album Orion, the 28-year-old poet brings us on an intimate journey of love and re-birth. The album cover, painted by Danish artist Malene Reynolds Laugesen, captures the deeply spiritual nature of the project. The art depicts Orion Sun as a divine feminine entity united with nature, springing forth a thriving metropolis from within her glowing mind. A lone figure rests upon the goddess’ finger, staring out at the dark ocean, the subconscious, and the starry sky as the sun, the conscious mind, sets behind them. This imagery is closely tied to the album’s structure, moving from the melancholy dark depths of the opener “Already Gone” to the radiant and heartfelt finale “Gannie.” The track, Orion Sun describes, is “giving thanks and reverence to the ones before you and your family, [which] feels like the sun to me.”

‍Orion brings us along a deeply personal path of healing and self-discovery. “I just wanted to be as bare bones emotionally as I possibly could because I was curious about what was on the other side of that,” Orion Sun states. The album represents a cathartic exploration of the struggles and subsequent growth in her new phase of adulthood in the four years since her previous albums, A Collection of Fleeting Moments and Daydreams and Hold Space For Me. It is a thoughtful meditation on love, directed both inward to the self and outward to others and the world. The first half of the album mourns the loss of love, turning to vices to cope with the pain, before coming to accept its fleeting nature in the second half, ultimately reaching a point of closure. “I’m never tired of exploring [love],” Orion Sun comments, “it seems endless in terms of things that I learn, how they can be applied.” 

Listen to Orion Sun’s album, Orion, available now on all streaming platforms:

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