There’s a moment in “spiderwebs” where DizzyIsDead sounds less like he’s performing a song and more like he’s trying to claw his way out of his own head. That tension is exactly what gives the track its weight. The new single from the Canadian alternative artist is steeped in isolation, addiction, and emotional paralysis, but underneath the darkness sits something strangely hopeful: the realization that saying these things out loud might be the first step toward escaping them.
For Blake Lounsbury, the artist behind DizzyIsDead, the song came from a place that was painfully real.
“I wrote ‘Spiderwebs’ during a really dark time during my second Christmas away from my family. I was dealing with depression and addiction, and I felt stuck,” he says. “I felt like I was stuck in a web and couldn’t get out. That became the concept. It’s about being trapped in your own head and all the lies you tell yourself.”
That emotional honesty has become the defining trait of DizzyIsDead’s music. Before the rebrand, Lounsbury spent more than a decade in the traditional hip hop world, grinding independently and playing “five hundred plus shows over the years.” But eventually the version of himself he had built no longer felt authentic.
“I kind of just fell out of love with that part of what I was doing,” he admits. “I felt like I was maturing more as not just an artist, but as a human.”
The breaking point led him to walk away from music entirely. He deleted his online presence, changed his name, and attempted to leave that chapter of his life behind. The name DizzyIsDead was originally meant to symbolize the death of the artist he used to be.
Instead, it became the beginning of something else.
After relocating to British Columbia and reconnecting with music from a more vulnerable and emotionally driven perspective, Lounsbury began creating songs that blended alternative rock, acoustic textures, and confessional songwriting into something raw and deeply personal. There was no label campaign behind it, no industry push or playlist machine. The songs spread because people saw themselves inside them.
“I’d have people message me like, ‘Man, this song saved my life.’”
That connection is what gives “spiderwebs” its power. The song doesn’t pretend to have answers. It doesn’t romanticize addiction or depression. Instead, it documents the feeling of being trapped inside those cycles while searching for a way out.
For DizzyIsDead, music has become more than expression. It’s survival.
“If I can create something and express the struggles that I’m going through and other people can connect with that… that’s what music is.”
On “spiderwebs,” that connection feels stronger than ever.
Watch the video for DizzyIsDead “spiderwebs” HERE
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