Ella Rossi started her singing career at just 9 years old, making an international television appearance on the Italian network RAI 1. She found her voice through The Great American Songbook growing up and then gravitated to pop artists such as Ariana Grande, Sade, Jazmine Sullivan and Sabrina Claudio. A diverse cultural background of America and Colombia as well as her multi-lingual abilities give her music a luxuriant and unique flavour.
Ella’s latest single ‘Can’t You Tell’, is laced in a R&B bounce that entices you from the first beat. Swirling keys and punchy chord stabs make up the instrumental harmony, with light and breezy drums driving the track forward. Rossi’s vocal performance flows from line to line with a flirtatious and confident attitude that is echoed in the lyricism. Alongside this, Ella gives us expansive and angelic harmonies that create a rich vocal texture for the listener to get lost in.
She shares, “Funny story, I’m usually the type of person who likes to write melodies over chord progressions but one day I was making a sandwich and this melody and lyrics idea came to me ‘I feel this feeling that I’ve never felt…’ so i sent the voice note to Gamal and he worked his magic. Before ‘Can’t You Tell’ I stayed pretty consistent in writing slow electric guitar heartbreak ballads. This time around I really wanted to show a more playful side to my character and my sound.
I think in today’s generation, dating and getting to know people can be difficult. people aren’t as romantic or vocal with their feelings as they once were. I’m sure we’ve all been in a situation where we like someone and we’re sending them all kinds of signals but they still can’t get the hint. I hope after listening to this track, listeners will go tell their crush how they feel. This song is a playfully flirtatious anthem that begs the question ‘can’t you tell?’”
‘Can’t You Tell’ is out now on streaming platforms, check it out:
