SINGLE REVIEW - "Ready Now" - Kelly Reynolds

Kelly Reynolds, the rising New Jersey artist signed to Moto Records, opens 2025 with a single that feels like a deep breath and a gut punch all at once. “Ready Now” is her first release of the year, and if you love indie storytellers like Leith Ross or Madison Cunningham, she needs to be on your radar immediately. She has only been releasing music for a little over a year, but “Ready Now” shows an artist who already knows exactly what she wants to say.

The track pulls you in gently, opening with soft guitar that feels like the quiet moment right before your emotions spill over. Then Reynolds delivers the first line with such clarity and weight that it stops you in your tracks. “Live my life black and white, through my tv screen” sets the stage for a story shaped by longing, distance, and the ache of reflection. Her delivery is tender but intentional, and it makes you lean in closer.

As the song unfolds, “Ready Now” feels like stepping into a heartbreak dream. It is soft but powerful, poetic but grounded in real hurt. The production blooms like a field of flowers you did not see coming, matching her voice as it rises with every verse. There is melancholy woven into every chord, but also a spark of strength that cuts through the sadness.

When Reynolds sings “You’ve let me go but you don’t know I’m ready now” it hits with that slow burning sting that only the best indie heartbreak songs can deliver. It feels like a dagger and a release at the same time. She turns the moment of being left behind into a declaration of her own growth, and it is impossible not to root for her.

“Ready Now” is the kind of song that stays with you long after it ends. It leaves a feeling in your chest you cannot shake, and it solidifies Kelly Reynolds as someone carving out a real space in the indie world. If this is how she is starting 2025, we cannot wait to see what the rest of the year brings.