Essex multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriter and all round DIY popstar Grace Calver’s musical oeuvre to date has been bursting with forlorn, yet still seriously catchy, bubblegum tunes mulling over a dysfunctional love life, but with new single ‘Will U Be Mine?’ it seems the skies are getting brighter as she turns up the sun, the performer beckoning us into her “Crush Era” with a single she describes as ‘the cheesy one’.
And if by cheesy she means astoundingly upbeat, still obsessing over boys (this time tinged with much more hopeful shades than despair), a killer chorus, punk-pop guitars and a bouncy, cheeky synth-line, then yeah, this is cheesy. But if you can’t be cheesy as a 20 year old popstar then when can you be? Earnest guitars and enthusiastic drumming ensure Grace remains more Baby Queen and Maisie Peters than Little Mix or Kelly Clarkson, although we actually don’t think she minds which side of the credible fence she falls on.
Check out the single’s artwork as well, capitalising on the single’s chiptune inspired, synth-driven stylings and rendering Calver as a Scott Pilgrim type video game heroine.
‘Will U Be Mine?’ was released on 2nd February 2024 and you can find it wherever you get your music. We’ve put the Spotify link for you below:
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