Reykjavík-based singer-songwriter Jelena Ćirić releases her single ‘Rome’ today via independent Icelandic label Paradís Sessions, the first track off her forthcoming EP Shelters two. The EP is a follow-up to Jelena’s debut EP Shelters one.

Shelters two opens with ‘Rome,’ an expansive ballad on fleeting relationships–but also the timelessness of the human experience.

“I sometimes joke that it’s about Romulus, Remus, and Tinder,” says Jelena. “It asks the question: “What was dating like in Ancient Rome?” Despite how the world has changed, I suspect that our inner lives are very much the same as people’s were thousands of years ago.”