The Way She Moves Journal

I was newly single for the first time in my 20’s and aside from feeling completely heartbroken and lost, I felt giddy about the possibility of exploring my sexuality for the first time.

I’ve never been much of a party person and it’s very much in my personality to just stay home and watch movies but something happened in me that made me feel younger and more alive than I’ve ever felt. There is no greater feeling than having a crush like..AHHHHhh. I was just crushing so hard on so many girls and IT FELT GOOD. And I started to talk with girls on dating apps and I just felt like I was seeing colour for the first time..I was just SO giddy. I was meeting this part of myself that had been suppressed for so long and it was a big relief.

SO….the song….’the way she moves’ ….I’m releasing a club track?? I understand if you’re confused and so was I until I realised it made so much sense. I feel like this song is so perfect to release because it sounds nothing like the rest of my music. Like… being single for the first time in forever looked nothing like what my life was…until I was single and queer and fuck it felt good and it was new and shiny and exciting!!!

I remember catching the train down to Surrey, England for the writing session with Paul Meehan and Will Homewood. Beautiful English countryside, lush green fields and beautiful cottages lined the train tracks. The studios were beautiful and a musicians dream so this day was already a big win for me. I didn’t walk into that session intending on writing a club track, it just sort of happened naturally and we had so much fun making it.

I just feel so proud of this track because I feel it perfectly represents what it felt like to be newly single, heartbroken, young and giddy to explore a queerness that had been buried so deep and now it could finally breathe. AND I CAN FINALLY BREATHE. Annnd in this song I also get a belt high notes that felt fun in the studio but terrifying live and I guess that its a challenge I am setting myself to try to nail on stage lol.

By the way guys…I still just sit at home and watch movies and play sims…I kinda hate clubbing unless I’ve had an espresso martini and I’m with my band/besties….otherwise it’s pubs until I die or at home with my dogs watching Harry Potter <3 okay that’s all. Bye!