{"id":112805,"date":"2025-10-08T22:01:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T04:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/femmusic.com\/?p=112805"},"modified":"2025-10-08T22:01:15","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T04:01:15","slug":"asha-ryder-west-too-much","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/femmusic.com\/2025\/10\/08\/asha-ryder-west-too-much\/","title":{"rendered":"Asha Ryder West \u2013 Too Much"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/femmusic.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Asha-Ryder-West-.jpg\" alt=\"Asha Ryder West\" class=\"wp-image-112806\" srcset=\"https:\/\/femmusic.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Asha-Ryder-West-.jpg 600w, https:\/\/femmusic.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Asha-Ryder-West--300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Melbourne artist ASHA RYDER WEST has had a musical journey which, to date, has let her explore some beautiful and atmospheric blends of pop, electronic and experimental influences. All of these have produced music that has excited, intrigued and offered up an unique set of perspectives from the songwriter about navigating young adulthood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year, she returns with brand new music \u2013 the first since her 2023 debut album <em>Ethereality <\/em>\u2013 in the stirring single<a href=\"https:\/\/gyro.to\/385656-TooMuch\">, \u2018Too Much\u2019.<\/a> The song is a reaffirming piece of music from West, who looks ahead to a bright new chapter with emotional maturity and optimism as to where her music will take her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Too Much\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bsEJWyO-HUs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For \u2018Too Much\u2019, production of the song began in West\u2019s home studio, with the talented artist starting the process in a very solo, intimate way. It then found its way into the hands of West\u2019s dad, producer Dorian West, who brought \u201ca really cool, live energy that gave the song a whole new dimension.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2018Too Much\u2019 is the first song West wrote since completing her debut album and as such, it lands with impact. This is a song that marks a new stride forward for West, and will provide long time and new fans alike with a pointer towards what is coming next.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c\u2018Too Much\u2019 is about both hope and fear that you experience in the early stages of love. You feel wonder, desire and possibility, but alongside that, lies uncertainty, the fear that nothing is promised. 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