With her new single “Cold Waters”, Austrian artist KTEE captures the tension between security and self-realization - and the quiet courage it takes to choose the unknown.

For over a decade, she lived between two worlds: pursuing music while holding on to a stable day job. What started as a safety net slowly turned into a constant balancing act – one that left little room for creativity and even less for clarity.

“Cold Waters” was born out of that in-between.

A long internal struggle. Questions without clear answers. Stay where it’s safe – or risk everything for something that might not work?

The song reflects that exact moment when the weight of staying becomes heavier than the fear of leaving.

Eventually, KTEE made the leap. She quit her job and committed fully to her path as an artist – without knowing if it would pay off.

Now, one year later, she’s living off her music. The stability is different, the uncertainty still there - but so is a sense of freedom she hadn’t felt before.

“Turns out, the water wasn’t as cold as I thought.”​

(gefördert durch SKE Fond)

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