Grace Inspace is dropping her new EP ‘Heavy Hair’ this Friday via TODO Records. We’ve already heard a solid run of singles from the project, including ‘Helium Balloon,’ ‘Emergency Contact,’ ‘Unrivaled,’ and the Luna Li collaboration ‘Meteor.’ Today, she’s back with one final preview before the full release.

‘Blurry’ features JDM Global, the moniker of producer and musician Josh Mehling. It is a sunny pop track from an artist who used to actively avoid writing about romance. Driven by swung drums and bright melodies, the song leans into the sheer joy of a new relationship.

Here is what she had to say about how the track came together:

“I always swore I wouldn’t write a love song,” she explains. “My earlier experiences had taught me that romance usually came with frayed nerves and tears – and I couldn’t imagine wanting to tell that story over and over. Then I met my current partner, and suddenly all I wanted to write were soft, happy love songs. I’d found a relationship that felt peaceful, effortless, and safe. In a kismet way, while I was falling in love, so were all of my closest friends. Our staunchly single group had all gone sappy – love was now impossible to ignore. ‘Blurry’ was born from those heady first moments of meeting someone you instantly click with, when the world blurs at the edges and they pull sharply into focus. Josh Mehling – one of those friends who’d fallen head over heels alongside me – sent me the track, and I wrote all the lyrics on the drive to his studio, looping that infectious hook over and over. I knew he had to sing on it too, because this love story was all of ours.”

‘Heavy Hair’ frames itself as a highly personal storytelling exercise for the songwriter. She built the record alongside a tight circle of friends that includes Mehling, Luna Li, and the Mulherin twins. Together, they merged classic pop sensibilities with live instrumentation and a bit of indie grit to build a backdrop for her character-driven narratives.

Headline photo: Kate Garner

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