LA-born alt-R&B artist India Shawn has released her new single and video for “Gone,” written with D’Mile, Bianca “Blush” Atterbery and Jean Baptiste Kouame, continuing Shawn’s self-empowering and relatable style of penning memorable and instantly catchy storytelling. The production is loaded with unexpected gems including surf guitars, whistling, clapping, and culminates with a piano solo that embodies a feeling of freedom when you regain your sense of self, with the video directed by David Maxwell giving a neo-Western cinematic scope to the Soul and Pop anthem while highlighting Shawn’s liberating and empowering vocals. India explains “Gone” isn’t just about someone leaving but about what she gains in their absence: peace, clarity and strength, noting the song is about being more than okay alone but finally feeling powerful in it, releasing what doesn’t serve you not in bitterness but in clarity, learning that being alone isn’t lonely when you’re finally honest about what you deserve, written from that moment where you stop fighting to fix something that keeps breaking you and instead choose yourself. Sonically, she wanted to break out of her own box with D’Mile, pushing until it felt bigger than just a pretty track, needing to feel like an anthem for finally walking away and not looking back. India has long been an artist’s artist, penning hits for others and performing alongside Anderson.Paak & The Free Nationals and Ye’s Sunday Service, working closely with Unknown Mortal Orchestra, 6LACK who took her on tour last year, Alex Isley, El Debarge, Keri Hilson, Monica and many more, with her critically acclaimed album ‘Before We Go (Deeper)’ cementing her as a powerhouse in alternative R&B earning praise from Billboard, NPR, UPROXX and Noisey.