Rising Irish alt-pop artist Ocean Tisdall releases his new single "Making It Easy"
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A Masterclass in Letting Go: Ocean Tisdall’s ‘Making It Easy’
Irish alt-pop artist Ocean Tisdall continues his heartbreak theme with “Making It Easy”, the second chapter in his deeply personal acoustic project. Known for his introspective lyrics and storytelling, Ocean’s latest work reveals another layer to his sound - rich with raw emotion, unfiltered vulnerability, and powerfully soulful vocals.
Drawing early comparisons to vocal powerhouses like Lewis Capaldi, Cian Ducrot, Alex Warren, Tom Odell and Troye Sivan, his music offers an intimate lens on the highs and lows of love and self-discovery, pairing emotive vocals with a beautifully minimalist, acoustic soundscape.
“Making It Easy”, out August 28th, is a quiet heartbreak anthem - reflective, graceful, and piercingly honest. With the line “No kicking or screaming, just a sudden goodbye / I’m making it easy for you to leave me”, Ocean captures the bittersweet strength of letting go without resistance. It’s heartbreak without drama - just truth, sadness, and resilience.
With a slew of live shows set to be announced for the rest of the year, Ocean Tisdall is cementing his place as one of alt-pop’s most exciting new voices.
Speaking about the how the song came about, Ocean writes:
‘Making It Easy’ was written in my kitchen with my friend and co-writer Nina, right after a short phone call with my mother. We’d been talking about a relationship that had just ended, and I said how easy I’d made it for the other person to leave me.
On the walk home, I started to reflect. I realised that, without even knowing it, I had made it easy - because I loved them. And when you truly love someone, you put their emotional needs above your own, even if doing so feels like it’s breaking you. In that moment, I wrote a line in my phone: ‘My last act of love was making it easy for you to leave me.’
Nina came over not long after. She picked up her guitar and played the first few chords, and we wrote the song around that - around the feeling of stepping aside quietly so someone else can walk away without guilt or pain.
A few days later, I flew to Edinburgh to work with my producer, Prentice. We built the song out to what it is now. Personally it's the hardest one for me to listen to - it feels like stepping back into that exact moment it all happened, like watching myself from across the room…’