There’s a particular kind of magic that lives in New York summer nights—the kind that’s messy, electric, and full of reckless wonder. Grace Annabella Anderson manages to bottle that exact feeling in her latest single, “Love Potion,” a bright, romantic burst of indie pop soaked in diary pages and daydreams.
Fresh off the momentum of her previous EPs NYNETEEN and Bandages, Grace returns with something lighter and flirtier, but no less intentional. “Love Potion” is a sonic snapshot of being young, curious, and in love with possibility. The production, courtesy of Thomas Dulin at The Planetarium in Nashville, layers shimmery textures beneath her soft, airy vocal—a voice that carries shades of The Marias and Lizzy McAlpine, yet still feels uniquely her own.
“Love Potion” doesn’t aim to be an anthem; instead, it thrives in the personal. It’s less about the fantasy of love and more about the rituals surrounding it—the outfits chosen, the subways missed, the casual magic of the unknown. Grace herself described it as a “technicolor snapshot,” and it truly plays like one—vivid, fleeting, and full of movement.
Raised in Minneapolis by visual artists and shaped by classical training, Anderson has clearly absorbed a wide palette of influences. You can hear the literary edge of Sylvia Plath in her lyrics, but you can also hear the joy of someone finally getting to tell her own story on her own terms.
With “Love Potion,” Grace doesn’t reinvent the genre—she just reminds us why we fell in love with it in the first place. It’s intimate, stylish, and endlessly replayable.
