Ocean Tisdall turns heartbreak into quiet strength on ‘Making It Easy’.
Irish alt-pop artist Ocean Tisdall continues to prove himself as one of the genre’s most captivating rising voices with his new single “Making It Easy”. Following on from the heartbreak themes that have threaded through his recent acoustic project, the track strips everything back to the raw core of emotion, pairing Ocean’s soulful vocals with a minimalist soundscape that allows his storytelling to take centre stage.
“Making It Easy” is a heartbreak anthem, but not in the loud, explosive sense. Instead, it captures the quiet devastation of stepping aside for someone you love, even when it tears you apart. With lines like “No kicking or screaming, just a sudden goodbye / I’m making it easy for you to leave me,” Ocean taps into a kind of bittersweet resilience, the strength in letting go without resistance. It is heartbreak as honesty, as grace, as acceptance.
Speaking about the track, Ocean reveals it came from a deeply personal place, written in his kitchen after a conversation with his mother. Realising that his final act of love in a relationship was making it easy for the other person to walk away, he shaped that thought into one of his most moving songs to date. Together with co-writer Nina and producer Prentice, he built “Making It Easy” into a track that feels both intimate and universal, a song that quietly lingers long after it ends.
What sets this release apart is its intimacy. The stripped-back arrangement feels like you’ve been let into Ocean’s living room, where every vocal crack and guitar strum pulls you deeper into his world. It’s the kind of song you don’t just listen to – you feel it in your chest, heavy and real. In a landscape of overproduced pop, Making It Easy is refreshingly raw, proving that sometimes the most powerful moments live in the quietest spaces.
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.