Sienna Tenn Is Sitting With The Past on 'Wish It Was You'

The independent Australian artist has quietly been building a catalog that feels less like a collection of songs and more like a living remnants of emotional states. Built in dream pop but drifting freely through R&B, ambient textures, indie pop, and alternative minimalism, Tenn’s music thrives in the in between moments of life's challenges.

'Wish It Was You' is her most refined exploration of that space yet.

Where Tenn’s 2024 debut EP 'memory lane' functioned as a self-curated time capsule independently written, produced, and conceptualised, 'Wish It Was You' feels like the moment after that story is closed. The song circles a familiar but deeply uncomfortable realisation, seeing fragments of a past love reflected in someone new. Not enough to replace them but just enough to confuse everything.

The production floats rather than pushes, favoring atmosphere over impact. Soft, dream infused instrumentation creates a sense of emotional suspension, as if the song itself is holding its breath.

Her voice intimately sits at the centre of it all as Tenn doesn’t perform heartbreak so much as inhabit it. She captures the coexistence of comfort and fear, the way familiarity can feel soothing and destabilising at the same time.

That emotional honesty has become Tenn’s calling card. Working entirely independently as a singer, songwriter, multi instrumentalist, and producer, she has built a body of work that resists polish in favour of truth. It’s an approach that has resonated quickly, within her first year of releasing music, Tenn amassed hundreds of radio listeners across Australia and internationally, drew critical praise from blogs and tastemakers such as; SBS Chill, GYROstream, The Underground Stage, and earned opening slots at venues like Lefty’s Music Hall and Black Bear Lodge.

What sets Tenn apart is her commitment to emotional realism, her refusal to resolve feelings neatly for the listener. 'Wish It Was You' simply sits with the discomfort, letting longing and acceptance exist side by side.