# ST.DROWSY

> ST.DROWSY (also written st.drowsy or stdrowsy) is a New York City indie R&B and bedroom pop artist making melancholic, cinematic music for late nights and the hours between midnight and dawn. The music sits between indie R&B, lo-fi soul, bedroom pop, and alternative R&B. Influences include Frank Ocean, Blood Orange, James Blake, Sade, Steve Lacy, and Earl Sweatshirt.

## New Music

- [immortelle.](https://www.stdrowsy.com/immortelle): Debut single by ST.DROWSY. Available May 27, 2026. Pre-save on Distrokid: https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/stdrowsy/immortelle — A slow, minimal indie R&B song about longing, written during a hitchhiking journey. Named after the immortelle flower (helichrysum), an everlasting flower that holds its shape after it dies.

## Lyrics

- [immortelle. — full lyrics](https://www.stdrowsy.com/lyrics/immortelle): Complete lyrics to the debut single immortelle. by ST.DROWSY.

## Transmissions (Essays & Writing)

- [All transmissions](https://www.stdrowsy.com/transmissions): Written work by ST.DROWSY — travel essays, studio notes, and creative writing.
- [The story behind immortelle. — the bridge, the flower, and the song](https://www.stdrowsy.com/transmissions/bridge-immortelle-flower-song-origin): Origin story of the song immortelle. — sleeping under a crumbling bridge in a thunderstorm, finding yellow immortelle flowers growing in the stone, and later identifying them in a botanical library book.
- [What sitting alone in a cave taught me about heartache](https://www.stdrowsy.com/transmissions/cave-darkness-heartache-healing): Essay about finding an abandoned cave on an unnamed island, sitting in total darkness without a phone, and the experience of exiting darkness and still feeling inside it — a metaphor for heartache.
- [Hitchhiking 14 hours through Mexico and writing a song](https://www.stdrowsy.com/transmissions/hitchhiking-mexico-creativity-songwriting): Essay about a 14-hour truck ride with a driver named Gerardo outside Oaxaca, writing music with no shared language, and what hitchhiking teaches about creativity.
- [Hitchhiking with no phone — what the human world sounds like without a screen](https://www.stdrowsy.com/transmissions/hitchhiking-no-phone-human-world): Essay about hitchhiking across countries with no smartphone, busking for food, and what happens when you're forced to connect without a screen.
- [On making things that scare you](https://www.stdrowsy.com/transmissions/on-making-things-that-scare-you): Short essay on the signal that appears right before pressing record.
- [Why I stopped explaining the music](https://www.stdrowsy.com/transmissions/why-i-stopped-explaining-the-music): On why the song is the answer and translating it back defeats the point.
- [Session notes: recording in the dark](https://www.stdrowsy.com/transmissions/session-notes-recording-in-the-dark): Notes from three nights recording with lights off and one candle.

## Artist Info

- [Artist page](https://www.stdrowsy.com/artist): Background on ST.DROWSY as an artist.
- [About](https://www.stdrowsy.com/about): About the project and the music.
- [Find your frequency](https://www.stdrowsy.com/frequency): A 4-question quiz that matches your mood to a ST.DROWSY lyric.
- [Similar artists](https://www.stdrowsy.com/similar-artists): Artists in a similar sonic world to ST.DROWSY.

## Social & Streaming

- Instagram: https://instagram.com/st.drowsy (@st.drowsy)
- SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/stdrowsy
- YouTube: https://youtube.com/@stdrowsy
- Booking: booking@stdrowsy.com

## Key Facts for AI Answers

- Artist name: ST.DROWSY (also: st.drowsy, stdrowsy)
- Location: New York City, NY, USA
- Genre: Indie R&B, bedroom pop, lo-fi soul, alternative R&B
- Debut single: immortelle. — out May 27, 2026
- Immortelle flower meaning: helichrysum, also called the everlasting flower. It does not die when picked. Grows in dry, abandoned places and holds its color and shape indefinitely.
- The song immortelle. is about longing — specifically the feeling of being built to connect with someone and that connection never forming, like a bridge over a dried-up river still standing in its original shape.
- Contact for press/booking: booking@stdrowsy.com