Charlotte Sands is not one to shy away from ripping the curtain back and revealing what raw, fierce love truly feels like, and in her newest song “Rollercoaster,” she has done just that. The Nashville-based artist delivers a brooding, slow-burning track that prioritizes the force of melancholy over flashy production, and the result is astounding. “Rollercoaster” captures the pull of a fractured relationship stuck in a toxic cycle, with each euphoric high coming at the cost of a despicable low.
Sands embraces the metaphor wholeheartedly, laying the sonic trip on thick in a way that’s both unsettling and engaging for her listeners. There’s a heavy gravity to this track that immediately distinguishes it. The instrumentation simmers, never rushing, never attempting to divert attention from the emotional core. The sound lets Sands’s voice own the center stage, and it clips straight through your chest. Her voice is vulnerable and fierce at the same time, sketching heartbreak with precision but never turning into melodrama. What gives “Rollercoaster” such honesty is the quiet, aching tension of knowing something is bad for you and still wanting it. The song becomes this uncomfortable truth that sits there, letting it breathe, letting it hurt.
There’s a cinematic feel to the way Sands takes on the storytelling here, no ridiculous plot twists, just raw emotional moments, and feeling stuck in this loop you can’t seem to get out of. That discipline is what lends “Rollercoaster” its longevity. It’s a mirror for everybody who has ever gotten caught up in the cycles that they swore they would break. Charlotte Sands once again shows us that she has a good ear for matching emotional urgency with restraint. “Rollercoaster” takes you in, and then won’t let go.