Grace Inspace Unveils ‘Helium Balloon’ Ahead of New EP ‘Heavy Hair’
Grace Inspace returns today with a tender new offering, ‘Helium Balloon,’ a gentle, blissful track that serves as the final preview of her upcoming EP, ‘Heavy Hair’ (out February 27th via TODO Records).
While her 2023 EP ‘Sunshine Kid’ found its way into high-fashion Celine campaigns, her latest work turns the lens inward, resulting in what promises to be her most personal project to date.
‘Helium Balloon’ captures a very specific, almost cinematic feeling: the silence that hangs in the air after the guests have left. It is a track that balances the warmth of live instrumentation with a raw, introspective narrative.
Speaking on the origins of the song, Grace shares:
“‘Helium Balloon’ is about the quiet collisions of emotion that make up the human experience. It’s loneliness in a crowded room, and the bittersweet hush that settles after a party ends. The image of a single balloon, an object designed to signal joy, drooping in the corner, became the perfect metaphor for that strange, tender space where happiness and sadness coexist. There’s a particular kind of melancholy in wilted decorations: glitter gone dull, streamers slumped, bright colors washed out in the morning light. That’s the feeling the song lives inside – fragile, reflective, and unexpectedly moving. I wrote it with my acoustic guitar and vocal loop pedal and then took it to the duo Mulherin for production.”
The production by Mulherin (twin brothers who are longtime collaborators with Grace) helps achieve a sound that feels very intimate. It is a key example of the ‘Heavy Hair,’ a record created alongside close friends like virtuosic talent Luna Li and Josh Mehling (of Shelly). Whether she is slipping into character or bearing her soul, she navigates a world threaded with both pain and joy.
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