With just two singles, Tyra is already proving she’s not interested in playing it safe. Her debut “Thank You For Leaving” leaned into shadowy textures and heartbreak, but her new release, “Light Me Up,” bursts out of that darkness with something closer to defiance than despair.
The track starts tenderly, almost deceptively, with Tyra recalling a youth that slipped away too fast: “I remember when we were young, life had just begun.” There’s a fragility in her voice at first, but the moment the chorus hits, it’s as if she’s flipped the breaker and flooded the room with electricity. “Light me up when I’m feeling down,” she sings, her plea soaring over a beat that pushes forward like a pulse refusing to flatline.
What makes “Light Me Up” more than a glossy pop anthem is the weight behind it. Tyra’s story isn’t manufactured drama—it’s real life, lived hard. A cancer diagnosis, a father’s paralysis, the kind of losses that leave permanent marks. Instead of burying those wounds, she builds from them. That urgency seeps through every lyric and every beat.
“Light Me Up” may sparkle with brighter energy, but it’s not lightweight. It’s a song about the hunger to be seen when the world is too loud to hear your voice. And Tyra, even at this early stage, has found a way to make her voice impossible to ignore.