By Hasan Beyaz
Severe turbulence has a way of cutting through the noise. For Olivia Marsh, a mid-flight scare sent her inward. What came out the other side is Paraglider – her sophomore EP, out now via Warner Music Korea.
It's a five-track record built around a single question: who do you become once the danger has passed? Marsh traces that space with confessional pop and songwriting grounded in emotional honesty rather than genre tidiness.
The title track "Roll" sets the tone early. It's an indie-pop song about a night out that feels effortless and limitless until daylight arrives and makes everything plain: the connection was real, but it only ever belonged to that moment. A music video is out now.
The EP's namesake – a pre-release single – is a different proposition entirely. Written and produced by Marsh herself, "Paraglider" carries the kind of open, unhurried momentum that the name promises – music that soars with a feeling of freedom rather than rushing, giving weight to the vulnerability at its core. That she built it from the ground up feels significant. It's one thing to write confessionally; it's another to control the entire essence of how that confession lands.
Marsh's story is worth knowing. She moved from Newcastle, NSW to South Korea at ten years old, and spent years embedded in the K-pop industry as a songwriter before stepping out under her own name. Before stepping out under her own name, she collaborated with producers and songwriters on releases for BoA, Kep1er, KISS OF LIFE, and Whee In. She debuted as a solo artist in October 2024, and her first EP Meanwhile, released in February 2025, drew attention from audiences well outside Korea.