In her new single "Don't Know Love Yet," Daria Mirea captures the type of quiet optimism that bubbles up as you walk home through the empty streets, when the world takes on warmth and the heart dares to wonder at what it could find at the next turn. Driven by the velvety warmth of her naturally soulful appeal, Mirea's latest instalment is a heart-rending song about the love she is yet to find, with the only requirement being that it should exist. There's something charmingly unself-conscious about her singing, vulnerable but never brittle.
She subtly lays claim to every word with hushed strength, infusing every note with disarming earnestness, with hope. The track dawns like a gentle daydream. Dreamy guitar work ripples around Mirea's vocals, creating a space that's as intimate as it is vast. The instrumentation never gets carried away, it instead lingers just long enough for the emotion to set in, complementing the mood of late-night musing with telling accuracy. "Don't Know Love Yet" offers a window into the unknown, as Mirea steps through the what-ifs and maybes of a love she has yet to find. There are no lingering bitter notes here, no jaded conclusions, only the soft sting of longing, and the hopefulness that perhaps, love lies somewhere up ahead. Vulnerability seldom comes packaged in such brightness.
And that's where Daria Mirea really excels. She's not just singing about feeling a certain way, about the idea or ideal of love; she's filling a bit of the world with that reality. A place where not knowing is not lonely, but beautiful, where we wander in the waiting, not just in the coming. "Don't Know Love Yet" is a deep exhale, a nudge to those still trying to figure it out. And in that space, Mirea finds a way to sound both deeply personal and universally relatable. In the latest release, Daria Mirea proves that not all love songs have to be about heartbreak or passion. Sometimes it's the in-between the wondering, the wandering that sings the loudest.