Alice Costelloe’s Sunlit Confession “How Can I”

Alice Costelloe, a London-based singer-songwriter, returns with a new single, “How Can I,” a song that feels like a bright, breezy summer day, until you realize the storm has been quietly brewing underneath. The track skips along with an easy, almost playful tempo, anchored by sweet harmonies and tambourine shakes that give it a upbeat glow. It’s the kind of song you might catch yourself humming before the lyrics hit you like a soft but undeniable truth.

“How Can I” is built around a question that doubles as a statement, an emotional conflict that Costelloe handles with graceful honesty. The music flirts with lightness. But the story she tells reflects on a childhood marked by a persistent, unsettling feeling that something was off, something she couldn’t quite name at the time.

Costelloe paints a clear memories of her father, whose behavior stayed  between strange and dangerousm, falling asleep mid-sentence with a lit cigarette in his mouth, being impossible to wake, and leading the family on what she now recognizes as risky, reckless adventures. “How Can I” is a beautiful track, a bright sound carrying a heavy truth. It’s proof that Costelloe is not afraid to explore the complicated edges of memory, and she does it with a voice that feels both intimate and expansive.

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