Renon Talks “Nothing’s Ever Gonna Change,” Finding Her Sound and What Comes Next

There’s a tension running through Renon’s “Nothing’s Ever Gonna Change.” Gritty synths meet undeniable pop instincts, deeply personal writing sits inside production built to get loud, and a song about patterns that refuse to disappear ultimately feels like the beginning of something new.

For the Montréal artist, that contrast isn’t accidental.

Before making the first demo, Renon found herself wondering whether her next music should lean further into pop or alternative. “Nothing’s Ever Gonna Change” gave her the answer.

“It just felt so natural and so ‘me’ that I knew I had to make music that I feel creatively connected to and not what I think others will like.”

She also saw the song as the right lyrical introduction to the music she has coming next. EVERYDAYJAMS X RENON Interview …

Finding the Version That Felt Like Her

The track began with Renon experimenting on her own after returning from a writing camp. She started making beats to practice writing over, and somewhere in that process, “Nothing’s Ever Gonna Change” appeared.

It became a song she says she “quickly loved and couldn’t stop listening to,” as well as her first official production credit. When she eventually brought the demo to Josh Cunningham, much of its original structure remained intact.

“Although I owe so much to Josh who really brought it to life and added so much detail, the general form and arrangement is pretty similar to what I made at first.”

The hook came quickly. Finding the right verses took considerably longer.

Renon estimates that she wrote around five different sets of them before the lyrics finally matched the intensity she heard in the music.

“Because I loved it so much, I wanted to write something that was personal to me. So I wrote around five different sets of verses about my life until the words felt like how the music makes me feel.”

That personal writing takes “Nothing’s Ever Gonna Change” beyond romantic heartbreak, touching instead on family, mental health and the emotional patterns that can follow us through different parts of our lives. But sonically, Renon doesn’t treat that heaviness delicately. The production pushes back with something bigger, darker and made to be turned up.

It’s a balance that feels particularly natural for her.

“I tend to lean more towards grittier and heavier instrumentals but I will always love pop elements. I think that’s a fun thing for me to play with sometimes; pop-star vocal moments in a dark electro-alt world.”

A World Bigger Than the Song

That instinct extends beyond the music.

Renon’s visual identity has become closely connected to the songs themselves, from the pink-and-black palette to the theatrical styling surrounding her work. Interestingly, she told Everyday Jams that she experiences a degree of synesthesia while creating.

“If I’m making something and I don’t like the visuals that are coming up in my mind from the sounds (colours, shapes) then I know it’s probably not going to be a song I’ll continue working on.”

The accompanying “Nothing’s Ever Gonna Change” video takes that connection even further, using locations and props tied to difficult moments in Renon’s own life.

But her description of the video also captures something we like about this chapter of Renon: even when the subject matter gets heavy, she doesn’t lose her sense of fun.

“It’s also just full of slo-mo hair flips which is what the song feels like to me lol.”

Made to Get Loud

Renon’s jazz background is still somewhere underneath all of this. She credits that training with giving her more tools to experiment with melodies and progressions, while her jazz vocal training helped shape the way she uses her voice today.

Her time onstage has shaped the music from another direction.

After playing Osheaga, Renon started thinking more about movement, choreography and how a song might hit in front of a festival crowd. Now, those thoughts can enter the process before a track is even finished.

“I also often imagine my demos being played at festivals. Like if this synth riff started playing at a show would people go crazy? And this song makes me feel like yes.”

We get it.

“Nothing’s Ever Gonna Change” feels made for that exact moment when the lights drop, the synth kicks in and a song suddenly becomes much bigger than it sounded through your headphones.

Whatever Comes Next

Renon is already creating more music with Josh Cunningham, with the newer material continuing into electro-pop territory without simply recreating this single. More importantly, she’s trying not to decide what that music needs to be before it exists.

“Something I’ve been really enjoying lately is just letting whatever comes out of me come out, without trying to manipulate it to fit some kind of brand. That’s the only way I can create authentically.”

For anyone finding Renon through “Nothing’s Ever Gonna Change,” she hopes that freedom ultimately creates somewhere listeners can bring their own experiences too, particularly those who have struggled with family or mental health.

“I really hope my upcoming music can be a safe place to scream that pain out and feel less alone.”

Renon is making music on her own terms, and “Nothing’s Ever Gonna Change” feels like an exciting glimpse at where that freedom can take her next.

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