Joshua Woo makes dystopia feel seductively close on new single ‘The Typewriter’

Joshua Woo’s ‘The Typewriter’ feels like a warning disguised as a piece of dark theatre. As the third single and centrepiece of forthcoming debut album 'Remove The Name', the track pulls gothic rock, orchestral drama and electronic texture into a brooding meditation on identity, authorship and the unnerving ease with which technology can flatten the individual.

There's something almost inviting about the central image of the typewriter (physical keys, ink, paper, permanence), but the lyrics gradually twist that familiarity into something more sinister. What begins as an object associated with expression becomes part of a wider system in which words can be detached from the people who created them.

Musically, he gives the concept enough scale to feel cinematic. Dark orchestral flourishes sit beside synthetic textures, while the rock foundation keeps the track grounded as it plays. There's also a deliberate sense of unease in the arrangement, with the song feeling increasingly claustrophobic as its central idea closes in.

The fact that he wrote and produced the track himself makes that cohesion all the more impressive. Every part feels tied to the same world, from the lyrical imagery to the gothic colouring and electronic undercurrent.

‘The Typewriter’ also suggests that 'Remove The Name' may be an album interested in far more than genre alone. With the artist already drawing from alternative rock, shoegaze, psychedelia, lo-fi and electronic music, this single shows how those influences can be pulled together around a strong conceptual core.

Dark, theatrical and sharply imagined, ‘The Typewriter’ finds Joshua Woo turning questions about technology and identity into something far more compelling than a simple cautionary tale.