Nova Scotia-based artist Jont shares “Feel So Much,” an intimate new single about recognizing emotional withdrawal in someone you love. Pairing reflective alternative songwriting with a surprisingly uplifting undercurrent, the track emerged at a fragile point in a relationship, when renewed closeness began giving way to familiar patterns of avoidance.
The song arrived shortly after Jont returned from a dream trip to New York with his then-partner. Their journey to that point had been anything but straightforward, but after finding their way back together, he felt ready to see where the relationship could lead. Soon after coming home, however, he sensed something beginning to shift.
Following a phone conversation, Jont closed his eyes and tried to feel into what his partner might be experiencing. Within five minutes, the initial lyrics to “Feel So Much” appeared without an instrument in sight. Only afterwards did he pick up his guitar, with the music dropping almost fully formed around the words.
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“I wrote the song as a way of trying to help my partner see what was going on,” Jont explains. “I sent it to her as a voice note, with guitar and vocals, 30 minutes after we had talked and she was kind of shocked. The picture I’d drawn of her was pretty bang on. It was drawn in love. I was completely committed to our relationship.”
Although the relationship ultimately ended, “Feel So Much” avoids turning that outcome into an accusation. For Jont, the song instead considers how trauma can affect our ability to remain present with difficult feelings, and how numbing out can become an instinctive form of self-protection.
Once in the studio, Jont added a bridge written after the breakup. Imagining his former partner eventually hearing the finished song, he wanted to offer consolation rather than bitterness, an instinct that also pulled the music away from becoming overly downbeat.
“I find it hard to write downbeat songs,” he says. “My natural urge is always resurgence. I can’t stay down for long. Here I wanted to sing to my ex after our break up, and despite how things ended, I wanted to offer her some consolation.”
“The song came through so naturally and so quickly, it was like a sketch on an envelope inspired by how I knew a certain person,” Jont continues. “There’s an intriguing jauntiness to the song itself that kind of says ‘fuck it,’ surrenders to what is, accepts its fate.”
What began as a song written for one person ultimately captures something broader about accepting what cannot be changed. Things did not unfold as Jont hoped, but time brought its own resolution – he and his former partner are now friends.