ioakim shares sophomore EP “wishiwasyourgirlfriend”

With a talent for making the intimate feel completely universal, South Coast producer and songwriter ioakim today shares his sophomore EP, wishiwasyourgirlfriend. Like his debut EP, ioakim didn’t begin writing songs for wishiwasyourgirlfriend with the express intention of making an EP. The artist has always been staunchly DIY, writing and creating every piece of his music himself in his bedroom studio.

This extends to his music videos, artwork, and merch, all of which he produces and designs himself. For wishiwasyourgirlfriend ioakim decided to push those boundaries, decamping to California for his first ever sessions with renowned writers and producers like Jordan Palmer (Carly Rae Jepsen, LANY), Day Wave, slenderbodies, Ian Walsh and Derek Fuhrmann. The EP’s focus single ‘fibreglass’ was written and produced alongside renowned Australian producer Wave Racer, featuring a deliciously hooky chorus lifted by a bed of synths and choppy guitars.

ioakim on the single: “‘fibreglass’ is a song that nearly didn’t exist. I nearly cancelled the session due to illness I decided to go for it anyways. The single was written after the last show of tour in early 2023 down in Melbourne with Wave Racer.

Coming off a physically and mentally exhausting 2022 ‘fibreglass’ is reminiscent of that time. It is about the feeling of someone fading out in your life. For whatever reason you can’t help think that if you were more vulnerable, more vocal and less busy the outcome could.