‘The Surface’ finds Alice Phoebe Lou at her most vulnerable
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Beloved singer-songwriter Alice Phoebe Lou shares ‘The Surface,’ a vulnerable and stripped-back acoustic track that continues her journey of revisiting unreleased songs from the past decade.
Built around her voice and guitar, ‘The Surface’ offers a raw and delicate narrative told in reverse—beginning with surrender and tracing back through emotional hesitation and guardedness. It’s a story of self-protection giving way to trust and connection, rendered in Lou’s signature blend of intimacy and clarity.
“‘The Surface’ is a stream of conscious love song about the deep and contradictory feelings that rise up when exploring a connection with someone you feel strongly about. It goes through the many phases of holding back and then giving in, starting at the end when someone is finally all in. It talks of the hardships that one has gone through in order to arrive at a place where there is promise of a future and a deep connection and trust. It’s the melting away of our hard outer shells to reach the softer place beneath where we let go and allow ourselves to love and be loved. With just voice and guitar, the music is stripped down and bare like the song.”
Currently on a headline tour of Europe, Alice Phoebe Lou is performing sold-out shows across the continent, building on her recent performances alongside Remi Wolf at Red Rocks and Clairo on the Charm Tour in 2024. As she closes one chapter and embraces the next, ‘The Surface’ is a tender reminder of the strength in vulnerability and the beauty of artistic self-trust.
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