[Cover photo credit to Keny Bastiany]

Melbourne and San Francisco-based Alt-Pop artist and Producer Rohan has shared “I Wish I Could Tell You“ and its DIY visualizer. The tune is “an open letter to an ex love the artist never formally sends.”

Last month, Rohan supported Devon Again at her sold out San Francisco show where he debuted the track live for the first time.

On the new single, Rohan “moves towards acceptance as he comes to terms with a heartbreak that is out of his hands.”

Rohan shares:

I originally wrote it as a folk song on my acoustic guitar in my San Francisco apartment after a volatile, unexpected breakup on the night of Halloween. Despite being lovers for over 4 years, my ex and I haven’t spoken a word to each other since that night, and the song became a release—a place to pour out everything I wished I could tell her but never could.

The song’s DIY visualizer was done in collaboration with director Mark Kohr whose work spans videos for Green Day, No Doubt, Alanis Morissette and more.

Rohan continues:

It acknowledges a phase where you feel stuck in the past and the weight of lingering emotions. I was reconnecting with some of my favourite Aussie indie artists like Skegss and Courtney Barnett and Matt Corby, pulling inspiration from them and blending it into the song’s DNA. And that’s what inspired the more “in the mud” 90s guitars that contrast the modern upbeat rhythm.

Rohan was raised by Indian parents between Australia and Singapore and was introduced to music through Australian Idol and Green Day’s American Idiot. After high school, he moved to California and attended Stanford to continue exploring his love for technology and music. Now, out of his own studio in San Francisco, he introduces himself with his own blend of Australian Indie Rock with R&B, Electronic, and Folk influences.