[Cover photo credit to Elena Cornwell]

North Carolina-based singer/songwriter Lydia Saint George has released her new single, “I’m a Little Scared,” out now via Gold Ship Records. Following September’s “Lungs,” the track continues a series of releases introducing her next body of work.

Blending Indie Pop and Alternative music with candid storytelling, Lydia turns inward with “I’m a Little Scared,” exploring “the fear of being left out and the difficulty of escaping a memory that refuses to fade.” It reflects on an “uneasy tension between wanting the party to continue and struggling with the thoughts that follow you through it.”

Lydia explains:

‘I’m a Little Scared’ is about being scared of feeling left out, haunted by a memory that follows you no matter how hard you try to ignore it or push it away. The highest highs aren’t enough to cancel out the lows. Struggling to differentiate between what’s real and what you’re imagining. Doing anything to quiet the voices, and anything to keep the party from ending.

The song also “confronts lingering self-doubt”, which shapes the song’s production choices.

Lydia adds:

I wrote it when I was struggling with social anxiety and doubting myself as a musician, hence the line about ‘not being good at guitar.’ When it was time to produce it, I decided to sing the guitar solo rather than play it in order to fit that theme.

Originally from Upstate New York and now based in Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina, Lydia writes at the intersection of Folk-rooted storytelling, Atmospheric Pop, and a Gothic sensibility. Lydia will also join Lacey Sturm for two upcoming City Winery performances in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.

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• October 17, 2026 — Philadelphia, PA — City Winery*
• October 18, 2026 — Pittsburgh, PA — City Winery*

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