Ulton turns emotions into a love atmosphere in "Waking Dream"

“Waking Dream” by Ulton captures the fragile, all-consuming emotion of being in love so deeply that sometimes we can’t tell what’s real and what isn’t. The song lays out the kind of emotional ride Ulton wants to take you on, and it’s immersive, honest, and deeply felt.

“Waking Dream” is a role that lets you feel the emotion, and you do, quietly. If you’ve ever been in love or are cultivating a heady brew of emotion at the moment, you will feel it in the air. The song’s personal origin makes it real, and its emotional openness makes it relatable to so many.

The music contributes to the emotional core, giving the environment a dreamlike quality, because that is what love is floating, consuming, and occasionally confounding. Emphatic as the instruments here are, there’s a sense they’re serving Ulton’s journey to a particular emotional place he wants to share with you rather than merely backing up the song.

“Waking Dream” is not about making grand promises or experiencing heartbreak on a grand scale. Instead, it goes for subtlety, hoping the emotion will be evident without being spelled out. For all that restraint, the song sounds like it could be from any time and lets people slot their experiences into it.

The song is more of an open-ended experience than a performance, and it invites people to sit with their own memories and feelings. “Waking Dream” succeeds in the end because it knows that love needs room, and that’s what Ulton does.

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