V★Silver: A grunge heart in a disco ball.

V★Silver is the New York–based shimmering alter ego of singer, songwriter, and record producer Vanessa Silberman. Her music fuses prism-colored alt-pop with pastel-glossed, blooming melodies filled with radiant synths, cinematic textures, and raw, honest lyrics that build tension through heart-forward emotion.

Her debut single, “Chasing Magic,” marked the launch of the project — a heart-charged pop gem crafted for anyone who believes in chasing the unseen. Self-produced and co-produced/mixed by Grammy-nominated mixer and engineer Justin Hergett (FINNEAS, Lady Gaga, Beyoncé, Shiny Toy Guns), the track serves as a glowing entry point into a world of longing, love, and transformation.

Across her self-produced releases, V★Silver explores emotional duality — transforming heartbreak into shimmer, questioning external validation, and embracing the courage to live and love authentically. Songs such as “Truth Hurts Like Hell,” “Fearless,” “Love Love Love,” and “True Love” move through themes of vulnerability, self-acceptance, and the realization that true love is ultimately an inside job. On “True Love,” Silberman explores the unmistakable moment when love reveals itself — and how what we perceive as love can evolve, shift, or reflect the untapped love we hold within ourselves. Sonically, the track draws from ’70s and ’80s anthemic pop, inspiring Silberman to step outside her comfort zone and experiment with new textures, including horn arrangements.

These songs form Side A of her self-produced EP, The Cost of Light (with the exception of “Chasing Magic,” co-produced by Justin Hergett), the first installment of a two-part project. The Cost of Light represents the brighter, pop-facing half of the album — exploring themes of empowerment, courage, beauty, ambition, and emotional connection, while also wrestling with the sacrifices required to evolve and live fully in the light. Sonically, the six-track EP blends ’80s anthemic pop, dream pop, and alternative synths and guitars with modern pop production, and includes the reflective closer “Ghost of You.”

Together with its forthcoming companion EP, Everything I Couldn’t Say, the two releases complete a full album built around dual truths — light and shadow, empowerment and vulnerability, shimmer and bare-souled honesty.
V★Silver’s world is a mirror of contrasts — shimmer and soul — created for sun-kissed dreamers and tender spirits chasing hope, healing, and the next version of themselves.

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