JUNE 05
THE COZY WORLD OF ARON!
BY LUNA CARDOSO
With a name like aron! and an EP title cozy you (and other nice songs), you might expect charm, quirk, and maybe a few jazz chords—and you'd be right. The singer-songwriter, producer, and self-professed cozy boy writes music that's witty, heartfelt, and nostalgic—like warm light coming through a window.
Success is a tricky word. Even when aron! tries to define it, he ends up circling it—much like how his music loops gently around emotion, humour, and jazz chords. He's seen people who seem to "have it all"—successful lawyers, well into their careers—still unsure if they've truly made it. For aron!, the answer came more subtly: back in college, simply playing music with friends every day. That, to him, was enough. Doing what he loved didn't have to be more complicated than that.
This kind of grounded idealism runs through everything he does. His music though heartfelt and playful, is often layered in ways that don't immediately stand out. That same thoughtful layering runs through his latest EP, cozy you (and other nice songs)—a collection full of sweet melodies, witty lyrics and a soft sincerity that sneaks up on you.
Much of that artistic perspective was shaped by an 80-year-old jazz teacher who, according to aron!, spent more time telling life stories than actually playing music during their five-hour lessons. But that was the point. Those tangents—stories about the army, the forest, and family—were just as important to him as theory or scales. It was not a chord voicing that stuck with aron!, but rather the idea that you shouldn't be so consumed in your work that you lose sight of the rest of your life.
Though he is often compared to musicians like Laufey or Jamie Cullen, aron!'s influences go way further back. He has recently been deep-diving into pop from the 1930s and 1940s—music that feels like it's just beginning to invent what pop can be. He draws playful, unexpected lines from Cole Porter to Sabrina Carpenter, tracing how pop has morphed across decades. He name-drops jazz orchestras and classic songwriters with the same excitement he reserves for his favourite TV shows. For aron!, it's all a piece of the same beautiful puzzle: music as comfort, as history, as obsession.
This same sense of depth also defines his songwriting. On the surface, a song like "table for two" could seem whimsical and lighthearted, yet beyond the comedy is a deeper emotional current. He often bounces between wit and vulnerability because it helps him make sense of emotions that are difficult to deal with on their own. It's more than a writing tactic; it's who he is. For aron! emotion works best when it is wrapped up in something cozy, silly, and self-aware.
At the heart of it all is someone who just really, really loves music, whether he's tracing the lineage of pop through a vintage jazz record or slipping heartbreak into a punch line, aron! makes music that feels comforting, honest, and gently surprising. He's not chasing stardom. He's chasing that feeling he first found in a practice room, playing music with his friends. And honestly? That might be what success really is.
