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\n\t\u201cI look back at that time, and it was so romantic,\u201d Ryn Weaver tells Billboard<\/em>, \u201cand I was so young, and so brave, and so scared, and kind of staying high so I didn\u2019t have to come down.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tWeaver needs every adjective she can find to describe the personal and professional whirlwind that she experienced a decade ago. In June 2014, the singer-songwriter born Aryn W\u00fcthrich made her debut with \u201cOctaHate,\u201d a sleek, lightly swaying synth-pop gem with effervescent verses and a hammered-down hook; she uploaded the track onto Soundcloud, and it rapidly took off with pre-TikTok social media shares and critical approval.\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tPop Twitter noted the song\u2019s pedigree \u2014 not only did \u201cOctaHate\u201d boast a co-writing credit from a then-red-hot Charli XCX with Weaver, but Benny Blanco, Passion Pit leader Michael Angelakos and Norwegian polymath Cashmere Cat all helped pen and produce the song. But more immediate were 21-year-old Weaver\u2019s dynamic voice and theatrical delivery, adding dramatic heft to each of the song\u2019s finely crafted melodies. Combined with the news that \u201cOctaHate\u201d preceded a debut album that Blanco and Angelakos would co-helm, and that Blanco would release through his Interscope imprint Friends Keep Secrets, Weaver appeared to have the skills and industry buy-in to become an alt-pop star<\/a>.<\/p>\n \n\tWeaver\u2019s debut, 2015\u2019s The Fool,<\/em> brimmed with promise and personality, debuting at No. 30 on the Billboard 200 and prompting a headlining tour and festival dates over the following year. None of the follow-up singles built upon the commercial success of \u201cOctaHate,\u201d though, and a follow-up album never materialized. \u201cIt was also very sad, and very heartbreaking,\u201d Weaver says today, \u201cand I was very lost, even though I was just charging into the night.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tIn the years since, Weaver\u2019s name would pop up as a co-writer on songs like 2019\u2019s \u201cDream Glow\u201d by BTS and Charli XCX, and 2021\u2019s \u201cJust For Me\u201d by SAINT JHN and SZA; \u201cPierre,\u201d the anthemic fan favorite from The Fool<\/em>, has also been a perennial TikTok favorite, inspiring multiple trends beginning in 2021 and racking up even more U.S. on-demand streams at this point than \u201cOctaHate\u201d (111.7 million to 63.4 million, according to Luminate). Yet Weaver, whose wit and sincerity once made her a must-follow on Twitter and Instagram, mostly vanished from social media, and years passed between updates on in-the-works music.<\/p>\n \n\tOn Monday (June 16) \u2014 the 10-year anniversary of The Fool<\/em> \u2014 that wait finally ended. \u201cOdin St\u201d may be Weaver\u2019s first official single in a decade, created with a darker tone (courtesy of co-producers Benjamin Greenspan and Constantine Anastasakis) and a more mature perspective. But longtime fans will recognize the idiosyncratic wordplay, loping syllables and ornate hooks that bend toward a major chorus, all as magnetic today as when Weaver barreled into view a decade ago.<\/p>\n