Tarric ‘s “Born to Go” doesn’t feel like a single. It feels like a secret. A private thought left in a voice memo, half-sung, half-prayed. And yet, somehow, it becomes a universal hymn for grief.
Tarric, who’s carved out a sound that’s as cinematic as it is confessional, delivers his most vulnerable work to date with this new release from his upcoming album Method. What starts as a song about his father’s passing becomes something more — a meditation on letting go, on the strange grace of acceptance, and the ways we carry people long after they’ve left.
This isn’t your typical grief anthem. There’s no crescendo, no breakdown. The emotion isn’t telegraphed. It’s threaded. You feel it in the pauses. The stillness. The repetition of “You were born to go” isn’t just a hook — it’s a mantra. It’s Tarric trying to believe it as much as he’s trying to say it.
Musically, “Born to Go” lives in that foggy space where influences blur — you can catch a glimmer of The Smiths’ detached sorrow, the romantic fatalism of The Killers, and even a touch of Sleep Token’s genreless gloom. But it never sounds borrowed. Tarric isn’t pastiching here — he’s translating his influences into something acutely personal. This is what happens when aesthetics meet authenticity.
What’s especially compelling is how the song echoes Tarric’s experience as a visual storyteller. As a producer behind shows like Operation Repo and the upcoming Einstein for CBS, he’s long known how to evoke emotion from behind the curtain. But with “Born to Go,” the curtain’s gone. This is front-facing vulnerability. And it lands.
His debut Lovesick gave us the breakup album. Method, if this track is any indication, might be about the aftermath. About piecing together what remains. It’s not just about who you’ve lost, but what you learn from losing them. That’s the deeper thread. That’s the method behind Method.