Hildur Höglind - “Young and Reckless” (ft. Jonah Finnerman)
Sweden’s Hildur Höglind has teamed up with Jonah Finnerman for a stunning duet entitled “Young and Reckless.” We at UpToHear are big fans of songs that promote introspection and pressing play on this one will give you just that.
“Young and Reckless” immediately opens with acoustic guitar and vocals, creating a sense of urgency, which is often how love can feel if you’ve ever found it fleeting. And Höglind makes good on her promise to the listener that they shall find “a heart wrenching story about love, longing and belonging.” Through the lyrics, it is implied that hearing the neighbors fighting instills a feeling of gratitude for the love that the narrator has found– a sort of not knowing how good you have it until you witness how much worse it can actually be.
On the chorus, Finnerman’s voice joins Höglind’s for some fantastic harmonization, followed by some ethereal ‘oooooh’s,’ which we wish more artists would utilize in their folksier numbers. Then, the second verse will resonate with anyone who’s ever been forced to be away from their partner, finding ways to fill the time until they’ve returned. After another superb chorus, Jan Allan joins the song with brilliant trumpet work– an instrument not often utilized in this genre, even though Bon Iver featured it repeatedly throughout For Emma…
After multiple listens, we’ve decided that, though it has its moments of melancholy, “Young and Reckless” is a hopeful tune. It touches upon a few things that feel important when you’re younger, but it ultimately describes how finding love is the main goal in life. As far as introspection goes, it just doesn’t get any better than this, and we encourage you to press play in order to find that out for yourselves.
-TM