Grace Inspace has returned with another taste of her forthcoming EP Heavy Hair. “Helium Balloon” follows previous releases “Emergency Contact,” “Meteor,” and “Unrivaled.” Regarding this latest track, Inspace said: “‘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,” she added. “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.”
Check out the new single below, and pre-order Heavy Hair—out February 27 via TODO—here.
