Dandelion Gets Personal With New Single “Scissors”
I do love a new pop discovery, especially when an artist arrives sounding like they have already been handed the emotional instruction manual — and then promptly decided to reveal in it. Swedish newcomer Dandelion first grabbed my attention with “ONONON“, a dark, commanding piece of pop wrapped around the bittersweet chaos of a breakup and the business of letting go. Now she is back with “Scissors”, and this time the cutting gets considerably more personal.
Dandelion recently announced her debut album, “My Sadness Needs Your Full Attention”, which will arrive in two parts. Part I lands on October 30th, with Part II following in spring 2027. So, naturally, another single was always going to be welcome. What I wasn’t quite prepared for was Dandelion turning the emotional spotlight directly back on herself.
“Scissors” is about wanting to walk into a new relationship without dragging every piece of emotional baggage from the previous one behind you. Sensible, right? Unfortunately, the human psyche isn’t quite as cooperative as we’d like. You can’t simply grab a pair of scissors, snip out the painful bits of your history and stroll off into the sunset with a clean slate.
If only.
Instead, Dandelion confronts the much more frustrating reality that healing means accepting what happened rather than pretending it didn’t. And musically, there is something deliciously Scandinavian about the whole thing. I can hear echoes of Tove Lo, particularly the dark vulnerability that made ‘Habits (Stay High)’ such an arresting introduction back in 2014.
That comparison feels increasingly appropriate because Dandelion, like Tove Lo, seems to understand that vulnerability can be pop’s secret weapon. Give me an artist willing to make the messy bits part of the story over another perfectly airbrushed heartbreak anthem any day.
Dandelion sums up the thinking behind “Scissors” perfectly:
“Healing isn’t rewriting your history. You can’t cut out the parts of yourself you wish had never happened. The only way forward is to accept that your history belongs to you. It shaped you, but it doesn’t have to decide what happens next. You can’t change what was. You can only change what’s to come.”
Put ‘ONONON’ and ‘Scissors’ together and the emotional blueprint for “My Sadness Needs Your Full Attention” is starting to emerge. This isn’t shaping up to be an album about magically fixing yourself. It’s about living with the plot twists, questionable decisions and emotional scars — and figuring out where to go next. Basically, Dandelion is proving that sometimes the baggage doesn’t need throwing away. It just needs a better seat on the journey.
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