Her vocals light – with a sultry snag of vintage Britney’s lip-bitten moan – over wonky synths, the 23-year-old from rural Lincolnshire channels a scene from 1989 high-school movie Say Anything, as she asks a lover to imagine her standing outside his house with “a freshly ripped heart from my ribcage, and a boombox/ How pathetic, babe.” Oh yes, the youthful heartbreak force is strong in this one! No wonder her label sent her out on tour supporting Olivia Rodrigo.
“My sorry ass revolves around you,” laments Holly Humberstone on “Into Your Room”, the latest single from her tear-stained debut album, Paint My Bedroom Black.
