Sidney Shares Debut EP 'What If It Ends?' Featuring New Single 'Anything'
Melbourne-based indie-pop singer-songwriter Sidney today releases her debut EP what if it ends? – a seven-track collection that lingers in the spaces between hope and uncertainty; devotion and doubt, fear and freedom, ambition and attachment, holding on and letting go. Built around a single, persistent question, the record doesn't rush to provide answers. Instead, it sits with the tension of not quite knowing. You can listen to the EP here.
Written largely in the year leading up to the end of Sidney's engagement, what if it ends? captures a period where life appeared steady on the surface – engaged, creating consistently, building momentum – while underneath, the questions were growing louder. Each song exists in that suspended space: still holding on, even as the pieces begin to slip.
Sidney shares, "This EP is built around one question: what if it ends? I've asked the question time and time again, with a different meaning each time; over coffee with friends, crying into my mother's arms, or journalling about an exciting new chapter; it's been there throughout. Every song in this EP captures the tension of the hopeful optimism and fearful dread I have carried around with me when navigating my twenties. What if the ending is actually where the best part of my life begins? That duality runs through every song."
The EP opens at the tipping point with "sliding doors", borrowing its name from the film and imagining parallel futures running side by side – the version where you stay, and the version where you leave. Written just a week before Sidney ended her engagement, it clings to hope even as doubt creeps in. "long haul" and "golden boy" trace the earlier optimism – the belief that love and ambition can coexist – capturing the tension of building a future together while slowly realising those paths may not move at the same pace.
At the emotional breaking point sits "anything", a breathless spiral of second-guessing and burnout, its unravelled vocal mirroring the exhaustion behind the lyrics. "the difference" then finds Sidney turning inward, reflecting on her father's late-in-life depression diagnosis; recorded at her parents' house, the vocal remains the untouched demo – intimate and unfiltered. The title track, "what if it ends?", reframes the question entirely. What began as a sudden panic – what if this is the peak? – expands into something larger: a meditation on the fear of starting over, even when everything looks perfect from the outside.
"Songwriting has always been my safe space to feel things fully, especially when I didn't have answers yet," Sidney says. "This project allowed me to sit in the questions without rushing to fix them – to hold space for two truths at once. To love someone and still not be happy. To feel proud and terrified at the same time. It's the most emotionally honest thing I've created, and I hope it gives other people that same permission: to not know, to ask scary questions, to feel everything before deciding what comes next."
Created alongside collaborators including Grant Konemann, Ben Oldland, Jim Alxndr (Carly Rae Jepsen), Ned Houston (Guy Sebastian), Able Joseph, Joey Astera, and Karina Savage (Glades), what if it ends? blends warm indie-pop production with confessional songwriting – ensuring Sidney finds company among storytellers like Holly Humberstone, Gracie Abrams, and Lizzy McAlpine.
Sidney has steadily built a reputation for poignant storytelling and bittersweet melodies. Her 2023 EP Sore Loser earned triple j Unearthed Track of the Day, strong streaming support, and culminated in a sold-out Melbourne headline show. Her stripped-back covers of "Truly Madly Deeply," "Simply the Best," and "Adore U" have amassed over 13 million views across TikTok and Instagram, soundtracking weddings across the world. Live, she has shared stages with Tiny Habits, Angus & Julia Stone, The Rubens, Gretta Ray, Mia Wray and Hazlett.
what if it ends? Tracklisting:
Written largely in the year leading up to the end of Sidney's engagement, what if it ends? captures a period where life appeared steady on the surface – engaged, creating consistently, building momentum – while underneath, the questions were growing louder. Each song exists in that suspended space: still holding on, even as the pieces begin to slip.
Sidney shares, "This EP is built around one question: what if it ends? I've asked the question time and time again, with a different meaning each time; over coffee with friends, crying into my mother's arms, or journalling about an exciting new chapter; it's been there throughout. Every song in this EP captures the tension of the hopeful optimism and fearful dread I have carried around with me when navigating my twenties. What if the ending is actually where the best part of my life begins? That duality runs through every song."
The EP opens at the tipping point with "sliding doors", borrowing its name from the film and imagining parallel futures running side by side – the version where you stay, and the version where you leave. Written just a week before Sidney ended her engagement, it clings to hope even as doubt creeps in. "long haul" and "golden boy" trace the earlier optimism – the belief that love and ambition can coexist – capturing the tension of building a future together while slowly realising those paths may not move at the same pace.
At the emotional breaking point sits "anything", a breathless spiral of second-guessing and burnout, its unravelled vocal mirroring the exhaustion behind the lyrics. "the difference" then finds Sidney turning inward, reflecting on her father's late-in-life depression diagnosis; recorded at her parents' house, the vocal remains the untouched demo – intimate and unfiltered. The title track, "what if it ends?", reframes the question entirely. What began as a sudden panic – what if this is the peak? – expands into something larger: a meditation on the fear of starting over, even when everything looks perfect from the outside.
"Songwriting has always been my safe space to feel things fully, especially when I didn't have answers yet," Sidney says. "This project allowed me to sit in the questions without rushing to fix them – to hold space for two truths at once. To love someone and still not be happy. To feel proud and terrified at the same time. It's the most emotionally honest thing I've created, and I hope it gives other people that same permission: to not know, to ask scary questions, to feel everything before deciding what comes next."
Created alongside collaborators including Grant Konemann, Ben Oldland, Jim Alxndr (Carly Rae Jepsen), Ned Houston (Guy Sebastian), Able Joseph, Joey Astera, and Karina Savage (Glades), what if it ends? blends warm indie-pop production with confessional songwriting – ensuring Sidney finds company among storytellers like Holly Humberstone, Gracie Abrams, and Lizzy McAlpine.
Sidney has steadily built a reputation for poignant storytelling and bittersweet melodies. Her 2023 EP Sore Loser earned triple j Unearthed Track of the Day, strong streaming support, and culminated in a sold-out Melbourne headline show. Her stripped-back covers of "Truly Madly Deeply," "Simply the Best," and "Adore U" have amassed over 13 million views across TikTok and Instagram, soundtracking weddings across the world. Live, she has shared stages with Tiny Habits, Angus & Julia Stone, The Rubens, Gretta Ray, Mia Wray and Hazlett.
what if it ends? Tracklisting:
Sliding Doors
Long Haul
In Flight Entertainment
Golden Boy
The Difference
Anything
what if it ends?
Long Haul
In Flight Entertainment
Golden Boy
The Difference
Anything
what if it ends?
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