Some artists arrive with a whole machine behind them. Guest is the opposite of that.
This is the kind of project that grows quietly, far from big studios and marketing plans, but with a stubborn love for songs that feel real.
Wasting My Time, the new single now available on streaming platforms, fits perfectly into that story: a rhythmic pop rock track, straightforward, melodic, and carried by a very human kind of tension. It doesn’t try to reinvent the wheel – it just makes it turn with feeling.
From the first seconds, the drums set a steady pulse, the guitars lock in with a clean but slightly rough edge, and the voice sits right in the middle, not forcing anything yet clearly present. It’s the sort of track that feels like a band playing in the same room, even if most of it has been crafted at home. No overproduction, no layers for the sake of layers – just a song that breathes and moves.
“Wasting My Time” is that familiar moment everyone has lived through at least once: the sense of pouring time, energy and headspace into something that doesn’t really move forward. Days feel the same, nothing really changes, and a quiet frustration starts to build up. Instead of staying stuck in that feeling, Guest turns it into music. The lyrics don’t get overly dramatic; they stay simple and relatable, while the chorus does the real work – catchy without being over-polished, like a natural release after holding it in for too long.
There’s a very organic flow to the track. The verses keep things close and almost introspective, then the chorus opens up just enough to feel like a small personal anthem. The guitars support the voice instead of competing with it, slipping between rhythmic strums and more melodic phrases. It’s the kind of writing where you can tell the song came first, the production second.
That makes perfect sense when you look at who’s behind Guest.
Independent DIY artist from northern France, Guest is the solo project of Bruno. What started as a cover band with friends back in 2019 — including Perrine on bass and vocals — slowly morphed into a personal songwriting journey during lockdown. When the world stopped moving, the songs started to.
The first EP, Bunker Day, arrived in 2021, still with Perrine in the picture. Then came the debut album See the Sun in 2023, laying down a clearer artistic identity. In 2025, the live 3-track single Electric Session showcased a rawer, more direct energy, hinting at what might come next. That “next” step is already on the horizon: a new album titled Parallels is currently in the works.
All of this has one thing in common: it’s done at home, by hand, and with intention. Guest writes and records at home, playing most instruments — guitar, bass, baritone, Bass VI, keyboards, lap steel, banjo, ukulele, percussion — and even goes as far as designing and building his own pedals, amps, and guitars.
Always independent. Always DIY.
You can hear that DIY spirit in Wasting My Time, but not in the “rough demo” sense. It’s more about proximity and honesty. The track feels close, almost like a live session you’ve been invited to rather than a remote, factory-made product. The imperfections, if any, become part of its charm. There’s no attempt to erase the human side of the performance, which is exactly what gives the song its warmth.
What’s interesting is how naturally “Wasting My Time” fits into Guest’s evolution. Coming after Bunker Day, See the Sun and Electric Session, it feels like a continuation rather than a rupture: same melodic instinct, same love for guitars, but with a more focused, refined pop rock energy. You can sense a clearer direction, as if the project knows exactly where it wants to go now, even while staying completely independent.
In a musical landscape crowded with interchangeable tracks, “Wasting My Time” stands out by doing something very simple, and very rare: it sounds like a real person, in a real room, dealing with a real feeling. No big slogans, no forced drama, just a song that puts a bit of rhythm and electricity on top of a situation we all recognise.
The result is a track that you can play once without effort… and then play again because something about it sticks: the groove, a line, the way the chorus lifts, the overall mood. It’s easy to imagine it slipping into a pop rock or indie playlist and quietly becoming one of those songs you realise you’ve been coming back to more than you expected.
For Guest, it’s another solid step forward. For listeners, it’s three and a half minutes that absolutely do not feel like a waste of time.
