Matilda Schyborger teams up with Klara Goliger on new single “Any day now”
Matilda Schyborger and Klara Goliger have just released “Any day now”, a gorgeous single that blends jazz and pop. With its warm hues and soft psychedelia, the track feels like a slow pan through a different decade, leaving us eagerly awaiting Schyborger’s forthcoming EP She’ll Be Fine.
On Instagram, Matilda revealed the timeline behind “Any Day Now”, which began in January 2025 and unfolded in a year long journey. Matilda said she was inspired by The Beatles track “She’s Leaving Home”, choosing to write her song from the daughters perspective. On her Instagram she documents how the song evolved from fragments: the catchy riff -originally written on piano- forming the skeleton, adorned with scat vocals and a few lines of lyrics.
The process feels like that of a jazz musicians, finding the hook, the groove, the pulse of the song and letting the rest assemble itself organically. It shines light on her musical prowess that budded in her early years as a classical violinist where Matilda began to discover her unique style of classical jazz and contemporary pop, which she later refined at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm.
Matilda wrote on an Instagram caption, “when I wrote the song, the pieces were already there, we just needed to put them in place.”
The Beatles‘ “She’s Leaving Home” functioned as an orchestral ballad nestled within the kaleidoscopic sprawl of the album Sgt. Pepper. Rather than recreating the sound outright, Matilda captures its spirit, paying homage through mood, structure, and emotional intent. Much like Matilda, The Beatles themselves built their song around someone else’s story after McCartney saw the story of Melanie Coe, a 17-year-old runaway in the newspaper. Lennon later admitted that while the basic facts were there, much of the emotional narrative came from their own experiences. This is similar to what Matilda’s done in “Any Day Now”, by taking inspiration in the original story but embellishing it to match her own style and story.
This mirroring becomes strikingly clear in the lyrics, as “Any Day Now” showcases Matilda’s gift for storytelling. From the very first line the link from The Beatles‘ “She’s Leaving Home” to “Any Day Now” is clear: “She was gone long before he knew it, he tied her shoes too tight”. It echoes the Beatles’ depiction of a daughter’s bolt for freedom, but Matilda reframes it suggesting that the mental and emotional escape happened long before the physical one.
Later, she references “buying nails for the sake of it,” recalling the parents’ confusion in the original article, where they insisted their daughter had everything she could ever want, even a new fur coat. The Beatles, symbolic figures of the generational divide that characterised the hippie movement, covered this theme of having everything materialistically but nothing emotionally. Matilda then translates these ideas into modern contexts as she playfully and creatively pays tribute to her inspirations.
She extends this symmetry in “Any Day Now” musically through nostalgic textures and an organic sound. From ethereal background synths, to softly strummed guitars and even the hint of a harmonica that’s nestled around the guitars in the chorus, it gives a nod to the slightly psychedelic 60s music and stays true to the instruments of the time. The result is a beautiful act of musical mirroring, not imitation, but conversation. By echoing the themes, textures, and emotional architecture of her inspiration, Matilda honours the lineage while confidently asserting her own artistic identity.
As an echo of The Beatles, it feels only right that the song not be sung solo. Kara Goliger, a close friend of Matilda’s and a producer and musician, joins Matilda on “Any Day Now” as a vocalist and producer. The close connection between the two Swedish musicians is clear in the harmonies that beautifully compliment each other and interweave effortlessly. The vocals introduce moments of spatial depth, such as an echoing hall effect during the bridge with a call-and-response feature that nudges the song into a psychedelic trance.
The layered vocals reflect a distinctly 1960s trend, drawing on the legacy of The Beatles and The Beach Boys, where vocal stacking was not just a technique but a defining artistic signature. Matilda and Kara Goliger’s handling of this lineage feels measured and intentional; they have managed to charmingly balance this awesome legacy, bringing 60s style to their music whilst keeping a modern, contemporary edge. It is truly a song of musical brilliance.
