Nico Cann captures golden-hour memories on “Lose My Mind”

In his third and most transporting single to date, Nico Cann beckons us into a world where memory and melody are entwined. “Lose My Mind” is more than a song, it’s a cinematic meditation on youth, time, and the wonderful-sad beauty of envisioning a world that perhaps never was quite as perfect as we might remember.

There’s an inviting warmth to the production from its opening notes, a gauze of memories that is both timeless and modern simultaneously, making you want to wrap yourself up in it like a favorite old sweater. Cann’s voice conveys the heartache of wanting, the type we feel in the gap between memory and forward momentum. It’s like he’s running after the light of a sunset, which he knows will soon disappear, but he sings anyway, to help preserve the light for a little bit longer.

What’s sweet about this song is that it is both wistful and celebratory. Underneath all that dreamy texture and soaring emotion lies an idea of acceptance, a quiet gesture toward the aging process, of growing distant from parts of our past but seeing beauty in what remains. It’s that ambivalence, that mix of melancholy and hope, that makes “Lose My Mind” so resonant to listen to.

Nico Cann is proving himself to be a songwriter with a rare ability to take the personal and make it feel universal. On “Lose My Mind,” he not only looks back but also brings us all to recall the selves we once were, the places we moved on from, and the songs that still loop around in our minds. “Lose My Mind” is a poignant reminder that sometimes losing ourselves in our past is the only way to discover who we truly are.